ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the Translating Classical Plays on Transfusion or Transgression. The focus will be a Medea in modern English for a particular actor, Nike Imoru, performed initially in England in 1998 as a complete production where the rehearsal process was a living part of the translation. There is an early line in the Euripides, before Medea appears in person, where the Paidagogos, or Tutor, is speaking about Creon's plans for her. Medea the actress, and the actress playing Medea, could appear to discover in each scene whatever approach proved effective in prompting Creon, Jason, Aegeus or the Chorus to follow the course of action that she was initiating. The European Community had given additional financial backing, and nine countries entered productions, with a panel of seven judges to decide the prizewinner; seven judges, not nine because Germany and Italy chose not to send a delegate.
