MEDEA (1959) Judith Anderson

Judith Anderson in the title role of Euripides' MEDEA, for which she won the Tony Award. This scene is from a television broadcast, with Morris Carnovsky as Creon and Aline MacMahon as the Nurse.

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[annedesiree02]

this is such a great piece :)

[Bluejeans0701]

I have always linked Judith Anderson with the role of Mrs. Danvers in Rebecca. She was an amazing actress. I hope it will not get her stereotyped. I love her great diction we hear in this clip as well. Thanks for posting it.

Many Thanks From Japan.

[catherinesherard]

I certainly did not think about this particular issue in that way before and it opened some serious discussion for me on this topic.

[margrant]

grande attrice!

[rosaf19]

Colleen Dewhurst at 5:35 and again at 5:54 in case anyone's interested.

[marginallymental]

"They say that mercy is the jewel of kings. I am praying to you as to one of the gods! Destroy us not utterly!" Medea is one of the greatest of Greek stories, and shows Greek men were at least cognizant of, if not sympathetic to, the stark and awful bind their society placed on women, their most vulnerable of subjects. Or at least, they understood they made THEMSELVES vulnerable if they completely blew off the caretakers of their children!

[metteholm75]

Is this the only existing fragment? I am dying to watch the whole performance.

[SandrineSoprano]

Great piece, thanks for upload, very educating.

[AOG93]

Always such a great artist! More people should know her today, and we should have more artist like her! A minor curtiosity... do you notice any reseamblance with her and Maria Callas's (Cherubini Opera ) Medea? (The expressions, poses... by photos...)

[danby68]

I was fortunate to be one of Morris Carnovsky's last acting students. He was 92 at the time. He passed two years later. Classes with him and his encouragement are some of my life's most cherished memories. A truly generous, but tough, acting coach.