Mary Zimmerman
As in her Tony Awardâ€“winning ,Metamorphoses,, Mary Zimmerman transforms Greek mythologyâ€”here the story of Jason and the Argonautsâ€”into a mesmerizing piece of theater. Encountering an array of daunting challenges in their â€œfirst voyage of the world,â€ Jason and his crew illusÂ­trate the essence of all such journeys to followâ€”their unÂ­predictability, their inspiring and overwhelming breadth of emotion, their lessons in the inevitability of failure and loss. Bursts of humor and fantastical creatures enrich a story whose characters reveal remarkable complexity. Medea is profoundly sympathetic even as the seeds are sown for the monstrous life ahead of her, and the brute strength of Hercules leaves him no less vulnerable to the vicissitudes of love. Zimmerman brings to ,Argonautika ,her trademark ability to encompass the full range of human experience in a work as entertaining as it is enlightening.
Plays,Fantasy,Mythology,Mythology,Greek Mythology,Drama
Argonautika: The Voyage of Jason and the Argonauts