Original id:
1135
Start date:
14 July 1856
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Burlesque
Production notes:
Burlesque of Legouvé's adaptation of Medea. It was revived in 1859 in Dublin.
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
Medea; or Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband (1856)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Brough | Writer | |
| Frederick Robson | Actor | Medea |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Olympic Theatre (London, Greater London, England) | 14 July, 1856 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2 | Book | library | 2: 647, col. 1 | |
| Medea; or, The Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband; A Burlesque in One Act | Playtext | archive | ||
| Robson of the Olympic | Book | library | 76ff., 87, 105-106, 115, 128; Plate 7 | |
| Medea and British Legislation Before the First World War | Offprint | archive | 15-17; fig. 5 (p. 16) | |
| Robson of the Olympic | Reproduction | archive | Plate 7; 76 - 81; 86 - 87; 104 - 107; 114 - 115; 128 - 129 | |
| Frederick Robson as Medea | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Medea in Performance, 1500-2000 | Book | library | xi, 81f, 83f, 85, 93f, 96f, 239; image at 88 | |
| Victorian Classical Burlesques : A Critical Anthology | Book | library | Script: pp.135-206 | |
| ARION Winter 2016 23.3 | Journal | library | 153 | Justine McConnell's 'Radical Reinvisionings: the Almeida Theatre's Oresteia and Medea', pp. 151-166. |
How to cite this production
Medea; or Best of Mothers with a Brute of a Husband (1856), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/1135 <22 December 2024>