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...Morning's at Seven, with four stars from its recent Broadway revival; and Home Box Office is airing Camelot, with Richard Harris as King Arthur in the throes of male menopause. Other transplanted Broadway shows will follow later this year: Lanford Wilson's Fifth of July (Showtime), Medea with Zoe Caldwell and Judith Anderson (CBS Cable) and Long Day's Journey into Night with Ruby Dee and a trio of black actors as Eugene O'Neill's black Irish Tyrones (ARTS...
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...Caldwell has received a Tony nomination for her performance in Medea, and in this paltry season, no one would begrudge her that. Yet the accolade outshines the achievement. Caldwell's interpretation of the role is singular and peculiarly self-indulgent...
Magnificently true to the spirit of Euripides is Judith Anderson-as well she should be. She acted the title role in the adaptation's memorable 1947 premiere. At 84, Anderson plays Medea's redoubtable old nurse and reaches a peak with the oncoming slaughter of the innocents, vainly attempting to thwart the horror with chilling words of prophecy...
Director Robert Whitehead, who produced Medea in 1947, has not fired up other key actors. Paul Sparer's Creon is more like a pompous chairman of the board than a Corinthian king, and Ryan's Jason is a callow marital climber rather than the hero who brought home the Golden Fleece. The Grecian temple designed by Ben Edwards has a brooding, darksome majesty. A pity so much of this production lacks...