MEDEA

by Durang, Christopher & Wasserstein, Wendy

Genre: Comedy

Cast 2 male 4 female

Length Short

Set Interior

Licence UK & Ireland only

ISBN

A sketch co-authored by Durang and Wendy Wasserstein. Medea and her chorus of 3 woman try to figure out if it’s appropriate to kill your children to punish your husband. Jason shows up; so does a messenger with news of Lady Teazle; and a Deus ex Machina comes down from the sky to cheer everybody up.

Contained in a volume of short plays entitled NAOMI IN THE LIVING ROOM.

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