Medea
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Creon.
Medea.
Creon.
Medea.
Creon.
Medea.
Creon.
Medea.
Creon.
Medea.
Creon.
Medea (rising).
Creon.
[Exit Creon with his suite.
Chorus.
Medea.
[Medea goes into the House.
Chorus.
Some Women.
Others.
Enter from the right Jason.
Jason.
Medea.
Turning to the Chorus
She catches sight of her own hand which she has
thrown out to denounce him.
Leader.
Jason.
Leader.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
[He goes slowly away.
Medea.
Chorus.
Others.
[While Medea is waiting downcast, seated upon her door-step, there passes from the left a traveller with followers. As he catches sight of Medea he stops.
Aegeus.
Medea (looking up, surprised).
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
mayMedea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
eyes
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
Aegeus.
Medea.
[Aegeus and his train depart.
Chorus.
Medea.
Leader.
Medea.
Leader.
Medea.
Leader.
Medea.
She claps her hands: the Nurse comes out
from the house
[The Nurse departs.
Chorus.
Some Women.
Others.
Enter Jason.
Jason.
Medea.
She claps her hands.
The Children come from the house, followed
by their Attendant
As the Children go to Jason she suddenly
bursts into tears. The Children quickly
return to her: she recovers herself, smiling
amid her tears
[She wipes the child's face.
Leader.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
A handmaid goes into the house.
The handmaid has returned bearing the Gifts.
Jason.
Medea.
[She goes quickly into the house. Jason and the Children with their Attendant depart.
Chorus.
Some Women.
Others.
[Enter the Attendant with the two Children: Medea comes out from the house.
Attendant.
Medea.
Attendant.
Medea.
Attendant.
Medea.
Attendant.
Medea.
Attendant.
Medea.
Attendant.
Medea.
The Attendant goes into the house
The Children go in
A handmaid brings the Children out again
She has kept them hitherto at arm's length: but
at the touch of their hands, her resolution
breaks down, and she gathers them passionately
into her arms.
[She follows the Children into the house.
Chorus.
[Medea comes out alone from the house.
Medea.
[Enter Messenger.
Messenger.
Medea.
Messenger.
Medea.
Messenger.
Medea.
Messenger.
[Exit Messenger.
Chorus.
Some Women.
Other Women.
Medea.
[She goes into the house.
Chorus.
Some Women.
Others.
[A cry is heard within.
A Woman.
Another.
A Child within.
The Other Child.
A Woman.
A Child.
The Other Child.
[Many of the Women are now beating at the barred door to get in. Others are standing apart.
Women at the door.
The Other Women.
[Enter hurriedly Jason and Attendants.
Jason.
Leader.
Jason.
Leader.
Jason.
Leader.
Jason.
Leader.
Jason.
[While the Attendants are still battering at the door Medea appears on the roof, standing on a chariot of winged Dragons, in which are the children's bodies.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
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Jason.
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Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
[She rises on the chariot and is slowly borne away.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
Medea.
Jason.
[He casts himself upon the earth.
Chorus.
fetching the rest…