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Property from the Estate of Dame Diana Rigg
Lot 157

Medea: Diana Rigg's Working Script for the theatrical production of Medea,
1994,

17 November 2021, 11:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

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Medea: Diana Rigg's Working Script for the theatrical production of Medea,

1994,
comprising 35 pages , heavily annotated working copy used by Diana Rigg, with two production photographs of Diana Rigg as Medea, together with Diana Rigg's personal copy of the theatre programme, and Penguin Classics copy of Euripides' Medea, the latter signed to the flyleaf by Rigg in blue ballpoint pen, accompanied by a provenance certificate,
the script 11in x 9in (28cm x 23cm)

Footnotes

Diana Rigg considered Medea to be the most important theatrical performance of her career. Her second collaboration with Jonathan Kent, Diana saw Medea as her greatest triumph - putting the Greek tragedian Euripides' name up in lights on Broadway.

Following a successful Almeida and UK touring production, Diana played the title role of 'Medea' at the Wyndham's Theatre in the West End, from the 13th October 1993 to the 26th February 1994. The present script contains extensive annotations by Rigg, displaying the inner workings of how she constructed her performance. Celebrated for her chilling portrayal of the vengeful royal, one contemporary review wrote of how Rigg 'magnificently communicates the fierce, touchy pride of an alien who would rather bring down everything than tolerate the scorn of those she hates'.

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