Open to Public
MEDEA & PHAEDRA: Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM Fisher, featuring Elizabeth Marvel, Amy Ryan, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, and Bill Camp
Mon, Jun 20.2016
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Medea by Euripides
Medea timelessly depicts how scorned passion can lead to revenge, and sometimes even to unthinkable violence.
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