Penny Dreadfuls, 1912 · page 18 of 118
The Medea — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Page This is a **cast list and production note page** from a dramatic work, not a penny dreadful. The page lists the "Characters of the Play," identifying figures from classical mythology: Medea, Jason, Creon, Aegeus, and various attendants and a chorus of Corinthian women. Below the character list, italicized text indicates the play is set in Corinth and notes its first performance occurred in 431 B.C. during the archonship of Pythodorus, when it competed alongside works by Sophocles and other playwrights. This appears to be a Victorian-era edition of Euripides' *Medea*, a classical Greek tragedy, not a sensational popular fiction serial.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
CHARACTERS OF THE PLAY MEDEA, daughter of Aiétés, King of Colchits. JASON, chief of the Argonauts; nephew of Peltas, King of Lélcoc im Thessaly. - CREON, ruler of Corinth. AEGEUS, King of Athens. NuRSE of Medea. TWo CHILDREN of Jason and Medea, ATTENDANT on the children. A MESSENGER. CuHorus of Corinthian Women, with their LEADER. Soldiers and Attendants The scene is laid in Corinth. The play was first acted when Pythodérus was Archon, Olympiad 87, year 1 (B.C. 431). Euphorion was first, Sophocles second, Euripides third, with © Medea, Philoctétes, Dictys, and the Harvesters, a Satyr-play. Eomicbooks (E(0) m