Exploring Medea for performance

Medea is a tragedy like no other. It is a play that is full of emotions, and it just doesn’t hold
back. From the very opening, the audience are left questioning not only the motives of every
character, but our own responses and understanding as well. The character of Medea is a
disturbing one, her near constant bitter destructiveness brings the world around her to its
knees.
By the end of this scheme of work students will have constructed a well-developed, creative
and coherent performance of an extract from Medea. This performance will combine their
existing thorough and complex knowledge of performance with a new detailed understanding
of the play. The scheme of work will build this knowledge up slowly by looking in depth at the
plot of the play, its form and structure and the two key characters of Medea and Jason.