Medea's Fury Readers Theater Script | Classical Dramas | Euripides

Challenge students to explore Medea's Fury Readers Theater Script inspired by Euripides' 431 BCE masterpiece. In ancient Corinth, Medea, a sorceress betrayed by her husband Jason’s marriage to Princess Glauce, unleashes her wrath through catastrophic vengeance.

Adapted for grades 9–12, the script offers accessible, poetic dialogue, with tiered roles (high-complexity Medea, low-complexity Citizens) to engage mixed-ability learners. Ideal for performances or deep analysis, it fosters fluency, critical thinking, and emotional connection to themes of betrayal, retribution, and desolation.

Perfect For
End-of-Year Performance
Companion to Euripides’ Original
Emergency Substitute Plans
Collaborative Classroom Drama

(a single PDF with links to Google Docs/Slides, if print format is preferred you can download from your Google Drive to word/pdf/ppt/etc)

What’s Included
14-scene script (~2000 words, 9 pages, 17 characters, Google Doc)
Teacher guide with CCSS alignment, answer keys, rubric, lexical breakdown, themes (12 pages, Google Doc)
Student worksheet with vocabulary, questions, discussion (25 Google Slides)
20-question multiple-choice exit quiz (Self-Graded Google Forms)

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Skills Addressed
Reading fluency and comprehension
Literary analysis (themes, symbolism, tragic irony)
Collaborative performance and discussion
Critical thinking and real-world application
Vocabulary development and textual evidence

Worksheet Components
Vocabulary: 10 terms (e.g., “wrath,” “retribution”) with script quotes.
Short-Answer: Basics like “What does Medea mourn?”
Discussion Questions: Themes like wrath, desolation.
Challenge Questions: Analysis like “How does retribution develop tragedy?”
Application Questions: Scenarios like “How can Medea’s fury guide handling betrayal?”
Exit Quiz (Google Forms Self-Graded): Tests plot recall and analysis (e.g., irony).

Teaching Tips
Assign roles using the casting breakdown (e.g., Medea for advanced, Messenger for struggling). Rehearse in groups, using the rubric to assess fluency/expression. Discuss betrayal and wrath to connect to SEL, like managing anger. Administer the quiz post-performance to evaluate comprehension and analysis.

Script Summary
Scene 1: Medea mourns Jason’s betrayal, vowing retribution.
Scene 2: Creon banishes Medea; she secures one day to plot.
Scene 3: Jason justifies his marriage; Medea curses him.
Scene 4: Aegeus offers refuge, emboldening Medea’s plan.
Scene 5: Medea crafts a poisoned robe, considers killing her children.
Scene 6: Medea sends her sons with a deadly robe to Glauce.
Scene 7: Chorus reflects on Medea’s wrath, Corinth’s doom.
Scene 8: Glauce and Creon die by Medea’s poisoned robe.
Scene 9: Medea prepares to kill her children, unyielding.
Scene 10: Medea kills her sons, confronting Jason.
Scene 11: Medea flees in a dragon chariot, taunting Jason.
Scene 12: Chorus laments Corinth’s ruin, Medea’s desolation.
Scene 13: Jason mourns his sons, seeking forgiveness.
Scene 14: Corinth seeks healing, learning from Medea’s tragedy.

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