Carrie Cracknell: why my Medea needed some killer moves
Infidelity, revenge, infanticide the Greek tragedy Medea has it all. Or does it? The director of the National Theatre's new production explains why it had to have danceWhen Carrie Cracknell set about creating a new version of Medea for the National Theatre, she faced two challenges as a director. The obvious one was how to deal with the psychology of an unsympathetic heroine who murders her own children. Less obviou…