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1730 play

Medea is a 1730 play by the British writer Charles Johnson. It is about Medea from Greek mythology and based on the play Medea by Euripides.

The original Drury Lane cast included Mary Porter as Medea, Robert Wilks as Jason, William Mills as Aegeus, Christiana Horton as Ethra, John Mills as Creon, Sarah Thurmond as Creusa, Thomas Hallam as Eumelus and John Corey as Therapion.

References

Burling, William J. A Checklist of New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700-1737. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1992.
Saxton, Kirsten T. (2017). Narratives of Women and Murder in England, 1680–1760: Deadly Plots. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-09021-2.

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Family	Helios (grandfather) Aeëtes (father) Chalciope (sister) Circe (aunt) Apsyrtus (brother) Jason (1st husband) Aegeus (2nd husband) Mermerus and Pheres (sons) Alcimenes and Tisander (sons) Medus (son) Thessalus (son) Achilles (3rd husband)
Films	A Dream of Passion (1978) Medea (1969) Medea (1988) Médée (2001) Medea (2005) Medea Miracle (2007)
Operas	Médée (1693, Charpentier) Medea (1775, Benda) Médée (1797, Cherubini) Medea in Corinto (1813, Mayr) Medea (1843, Pacini) Medea (2010, Reimann)
Plays	Medea (431 BC) Medea (ca. 50) Médée (1635) Medea (1730) Médée (1946) The Hungry Woman (1995)
Ballets	Jason et Médée (1763) La hija de Cólquide (1944) Medea (1946)
Musicals	Medea, the Musical (1994) Marie Christine (1999)
Music	Medea's Dance of Vengeance (1956)
Art	Medea (painting) Jason and Medea (painting) Medea statue
Other depictions	Medea (character) "Medea Culpa"

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