Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella

Alternative title: Mmc
Synopsis: An experimental play conceived, adapted and directed by Bill Rauch. Euripides’, Shakespeare’s, and Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classics of populist theatre are performed on one stage simultaneously, three-ring circus-style. Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella features full productions of all three of the plays in the title. Each represents a high point in Western culture (Greek tragedy, Elizabethan drama, and the American musical), and played together they create moments of unexpected synchronicity and revelation. When Cinderella sings of her dream of going to the ball, Macbeth is delivering his famous dagger speech and Medea is being consumed by jealousy. The Prince’s ball turns out to be the feast at which Macbeth sees the bloody Banquo, and it is the mad Lady Macbeth who leads Medea off to slaughter her own sons. Videotaped for Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) by Richard Stucker.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Recording date: 9 Oct 2002
Duration: 152 mins

Director

Bill Rauch; Tracy Young

Writer

Bill Rauch; Tracy Young

Music

Steven Argila

Production Design

Costume

Choreographer

Contributor

Cast

Reviews: Klein, Alvin ‘Killer Guest List: Medea, Cinderella and Macbeth’ in The New York Times (October 6 2002).

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