Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra was written by Eugene O’Neill. ... Mourning Becomes Electra was his final production as the Artistic Director at the ACT Theatre in Seattle. ... ” (NY Times) As the title acknowledges, Mourning Becomes Electra , follows the scheme of the Orestes-Electra legend which Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripedes translated into drama in the days of Greek classicism. ... As a work, Mourning Becomes Electra is an astounding mix of Greek myth, psychology, and classic theater styles. ... Her son, Captain Brant, comes back into their lives to avenge his mother’s dishonor and he becomes the lover of Ezra Mannon’s wife. From that point on Mourning Becomes Electra stretches out as a strong chain of murders and revenge and the house of Mannon is a little island walled round with the dead. ... O’Neill and the lovers of drama, Mourning Becomes Electra is great theatre.