{"product_id":"9781854591388-mourning-becomes-electra-the-oneill-collection","title":"Mourning Becomes Electra","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eA trilogy of full-length plays relocating Aeschylus' \u003cem\u003eOresteia\u003c\/em\u003e to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEugene O'Neill's \u003cem\u003eMourning Becomes Electra\u003c\/em\u003e is a trilogy of full-length plays, reworking themes from Greek tragedy, particularly \u003cem\u003eThe Oresteia\u003c\/em\u003e of Aeschylus, relocated to New England in 1865, just after the end of the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLavinia Mannon (Electra) dotes on her father Ezra (Agamemnon), who has just returned victorious from the war, and despises her mother Christine (Clytemnestra) – especially since Catherine has been making a cuckold of Ezra with Lavinia's ex-suitor, Adam. Lavinia's brother Orin (Orestes), on the other hand, war-wounded and weak, idolises his mother and resents his overbearing father. When Christine and her lover poison Ezra, Lavinia convinces her brother that they must avenge their father's death. But they have spent years soaking in family conflicts and curses of generations past, and fate will be sated.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMourning Becomes Electra\u003c\/em\u003e was premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre in October 1931.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition of the play includes a full introduction, biographical sketch and chronology.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449833992566,"sku":"9781854591388","price":10.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28143282.jpg?v=1760446763","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781854591388-mourning-becomes-electra-the-oneill-collection","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}