Medea (Johnson play)

{{short description|1730 play}}

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| name = Medea

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| writer = Charles Johnson

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| date of premiere = 11 December 1730Burling p.138

| original language = English

| place = Theatre Royal, Drury Lane

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| genre = Tragedy

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Medea is a 1730 play by the British writer Charles Johnson. It is about Medea from Greek mythology and based on the play Medea by Euripides.Saxton

The original Drury Lane cast included Mary Porter as Medea, Robert Wilks as Jason, William Mills as Aegeus, Christiana Horton as Ethra, John Mills as Creon, Sarah Thurmond as Creusa, Thomas Hallam as Eumelus and John Corey as Therapion.