Okonedo’s Medea Rekindles Eternal Questions

Dominic Cooke’s adaptation of Euripides’ Medea - starring Sophie Okonedo and Ben Daniels - revitalises an age-old story with its meditative tone and subtle symbolism; but its preference for a contemplative, rather than fevered, pace fails to keep the audience at the edge of their seats for the play’s entirety. Director Dominic Cooke has succeeded in exposing the play’s timeless nature: the themes of gender, parenting and nationality and colonisation speak to a modern