Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children. Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.
Just go and see this What is this? This is a broadcast play by the National Theatre, their output is excellent as I can attest to having watches a number of their plays overlock down. What's this play about? This play is about the life of Nye Bevan, the minister for health and housing in the Clement Atlee led post-war Labour Government, who founded the National Health Service. Right now anyone who knows me will immediately understand why I went to see this as a consequence. But for those who don't, let's get the objective stuff out of the way first because there's going to be a lot of politics in this review. As an experience National Theatre Live is very different to anything I have experienced before. It's not quite a play because you're at a cinema and it's not quite a film because you're watching something that is so obviously as play. It's a strange middle ground which comes with some of the middle ground trappings. You do get an interval, I did have audience members talk
