Electra

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.

Author: Frank McGuinness
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Published: 02/18/2015
Pages: 66
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.14d
ISBN13: 9780573626951
ISBN10: 0573626952
BISAC Categories:
- Drama | American | General
- Performing Arts | Theater | General

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