Electra by Frank Mcguinness

Electra by Frank Mcguinness

The Sophoclean classic: When King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War with his new concubine Cassandra his wife Clytemnestra (who has taken Agamemnons cousin Aegisthus as a lover) kills them. Clytemnestra believes the murder was justified since Agamemnon had sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia before the war as commanded by the gods. Electra daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra rescued her young twin brother Orestes from her mother by sending him to Strophius of Phocis. The play begins years later when Orestes has returned as a grown man with a plot for revenge as well as to claim the throne.

The Sophoclean classic: When King Agamemnon returns from the Trojan War with his new concubine Cassandra his wife Clytemnestra (who has taken Agamemnons cousin Aegisthus as a lover) kills them. Clytemnestra believes the murder was justified since Agamemnon had sacrificed their daughter Iphigenia before the war as commanded by the gods. Electra daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra rescued her young twin brother Orestes from her mother by sending him to Strophius of Phocis. The play begins years later when Orestes has returned as a grown man with a plot for revenge as well as to claim the throne.

Frank McGuinness is the creator of various plays, including Someone Who'll Look Over Me, as well as a number of critically acclaimed adaptations and translations, including Electra and A Doll's House. He lives in Dublin and teaches at University College Dublin.

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ISBN 13	9780573626951
ISBN 10	0573626952
Title	Electra
Author	Frank Mcguinness
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Samuel French Ltd
Year published	2015-02-18
Number of pages	66
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