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About this listen

 Judith Anderson and Anthony Quayle perform 'Medea', an ancient Greek tragedy written by Euripides. It is based upon the myth of Jason and Medea and first produced in 431 BC.

The plot centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.

©2009 Saland Publishing (P)2009 Saland Publishing Ancient, Classical & Medieval Literature Classics Drama European World Literature Greek Mythology Greece Mythology Ancient History Ancient Greece
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I was glued to my seat listening to such a commanding performance. Bravo to all involved.

Riveting, excellent performance.

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Full marks to the suppliers for trying- we don't have nearly enough classic drama avaiable on Audible, but this is pretty old and more care should have been taken in the remastering- if it ever was remastered.

so so

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Medea is a fabulous play but, not for the faint hearted, it’s a gruesome story. Sadly the recording is of very poor quality in places. But overall still worth a credit. Also it’s worth it’s weight in gold to purchase the Rex Warner translation so you can follow along (most of the time).

Poor sound quality

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Great play, unbelievable performance, terrible recording. Some parts are literally inaudible even with the volume on max, and are very distorted and poor quality. If you buy this then be prepared to have to reference other versions if you want the full play as you cannot understand everything said. It's about 90% fine but 10% is very hard to understand and a few lines are literally inaudible.
A real shame as the performance is incredible, probably the best audiobook in terms of narration and musical effects I have ever heard.

Inaudible in parts

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Volume on full and could still barely hear a word. I tried adjusting via my equaliser but nothing helped. Waste of money.

sound quality unlistenable

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