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Who Played Medea in Medea

Medea is a role in Medea, a play that opened Broadway in 1949.

Immortalized by Euripides, the story of Medea has inspired numerous literary and musical works. Medea, the mythological sorceress and priestess of Hecate, murders her children when her husband, Jas...

8 actors have played Medea in Medea.

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Performer Production Opened
Ellen Van Volkenburg Broadway Medea 1920
Judith Anderson Broadway Medea 1947
Judith Anderson Broadway Medea 1949
Elaine Sulka Broadway Medea 1973
Irene Papas Broadway Medea 1973
Giulia Pagano Broadway Medea 1982
Zoe Caldwell Broadway Medea 1982
Diana Rigg Broadway Medea 1994
Fiona Shaw Broadway Medea 2002

Other Roles in Medea

Role Production Opened
Aegeus Broadway Medea 1949
Attendant to Medea Broadway Medea 1949
Child Broadway Medea 1949
Creon Broadway Medea 1949
First Woman of Corinth Broadway Medea 1949
Jason Broadway Medea 1949
Jason's Slave Broadway Medea 1949
Medea Broadway Medea 1949
Nurse Broadway Medea 1949
Second Woman of Corinth Broadway Medea 1949
Soldier Broadway Medea 1949
Third Woman of Corinth Broadway Medea 1949
Tutor Broadway Medea 1949

“Medea” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Medea Off-Broadway 1986

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