Fiona Shaw Performance at Project Muse

Theatre Journal is pleased to present Fiona Shaw’s performance of Medea in Deborah Warner’s award-winning Abbey Theatre’s production of Euripides’ tragic play in this issue’s performance video archive. This production of Medea was first produced in Dublin in 2000 and was presented at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in the fall of 2002 as the opening production of its 20th Next Wave Festival. After a short US tour, Medea transferred to Broadway last December for a limited run.

http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/toc/tj55.1.html

Fiona Shaw as Medea

Theatre Journal is pleased to feature a short three-minute segment of Shaw’s brilliant performance, available for viewing only at Project Muse. Thanks to our friends at Johns Hopkins University Press Journals Division and Project Muse for helping us expand our services to our TJ subscribers. We are also grateful to the Brooklyn Academy of Music for providing TJ access to this important performance. We are especially indebted to Melissa Cusick for her support of our education outreach efforts.

Medea was directed by Deborah Warner, performed by a cast led by Fiona Shaw, and showcased a new translation by Kenneth McLeish and Frederic Raphael. The production featured set design by Tom Pye, costume design by Jacqueline Durran, original lighting design by Peter Mumford, associate lighting design by Mike Gunning, and soundscape by Mei Mercier.

Chita Rivera at the 2002 Nothing But A Dame! Benefit

Also in the Performance Video Archive:

Chita Rivera revisits her 1957 performance in West Side Story at the 2002 Nothing But A Dame! Benefit for the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative. For Chita Rivera’s performance at the Nothing But A Dame! Benefit featured in the October 2002 issue, click on http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/theatre_journal/toc/tj54.3.html then click on “Chita Rivera Performance at Project Muse” and finally click on “video” in the upper right hand corner.