Mourning Becomes Electra Eugene O'Neill

Name: Mourning Becomes Electra By Eugene O'Neill
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Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill

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Set in New England just after the end of the Civil War, Mourning Becomes Electra is O'Neill's three part reworking of themes from Greek tragedy.

This adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by one of America's greatest playwrights is a landmark in the history of theatre.

Mourning Becomes Electra Summary

Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill

Set in New England just after the end of the Civil War, Mourning Becomes Electra is O'Neill's three part reworking of themes from Greek tragedy. This adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by one of America's greatest playwrights is a landmark in the history of theatre.

Mourning Becomes Electra Reviews

Historically important... Theater of great scope and grand design * New York Times *
The full range of the human and the divine is called into play * Independent *
There is a manifest integrity about his work, a ruthless self-exposure, and a determination to venture into territory where few dramatists dare to tread * Daily Telegraph *
In this take on Aeschylus' The Oresteia, O'Neill substitutes the New England House of Mannon for the House of Atreus and concocts a typically over-the-top cocktail of sex, envy, adultery, matricide and inescapable guilt * Chicago Tribune *

About Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill was born in New York City in 1888 and died in Boston in 1953. One of America's greatest playwrights, he was three times awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936.

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Sku

GOR001464619

ISBN 13

9780224610711

ISBN 10

0224610716

Title

Mourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill

Author

Eugene O'Neill

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Vintage Publishing

Year published

1966-01-01

Number of pages

288

Prizes

N/A

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