Medea (1856)

Original id:

1241

Start date:

1 January 1856

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

Italian

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Medea	Euripides
Médée	Ernest Legouvé

Person	Role	Notes
Joseph Montanelli	Translator	Translated Legouvé's adaptation into Italian
Adelaide Ristori	Actor	Medea

Venue	Dates	Notes
Lyceum Theatre (London, Greater London, England)	6 June, 1856
Théâtre Italien (Paris, Île-de-France, France)		1856
Salle Ventadour (Paris, Île-de-France, France)	4 April, 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
Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s. Vol.2	Book	library	2: 647, col. 1
Medea and British Legislation Before the First World War	Offprint	archive	13; fig. 4 (p. 14)
Robson of the Olympic	Reproduction	archive	76
Print-out of engraving: Madame Ristori at the Lyceum Theatre	Print-out	archive
Photocopy of illustration: Adelaide Ristori as Medea	Photocopy	archive
Medea in Performance, 1500-2000	Book	library	xi, 15, 71, 93, 239; images at 16 and 87
Alcestis on the British stage	Photocopy	archive	294
Greek Tragedy and the British Stage, 1566-1997	Print-out	archive	126
Agamemnon in Performance: 458 BC to AD 2004	Book	library	140
Modern photographic print of contemporary postcard: Adelaide Ristori as Medea	Photograph	archive
3 Photographs of Ristori as Medea with her children	Photograph	archive
Photograph of Ristori as Medea (alone)	Photograph	archive

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