Mourning Becomes Electra
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Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before
1931 Liveright first edition cover
Oresteia
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The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies written by Aeschylus in the 5th century BC concerning the murder of Agamemnon by Clytemnestra, the murder of Clytemnestra by Orestes, the trial of Orestes,
Mourning Becomes Electra
…Abner Small – a little old clerk in a hardware store The story is a retelling of the Oresteia by Aeschylus. The characters parallel characters from the ancient Greek plays. For example, Agamemnon from the Oresteia becomes General Ezra Mannon…
SNG Drama Ljubljana performs an adaptation of The Oresteia, in 1968
Orestes, Electra and Hermes in front of Agamemnon's tomb by Choephoroi Painter
Orestes Pursued by the Furies by William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Genealogy of Orestes