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Mourning Becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932, starring Lee Baker (Ezra), Earle Larimore (Orin), Alice Brady (Lavinia) and Alla Nazimova (Christine).
- Eugene O'Neill
- 1931
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A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play, set in post-Civil War New England, about a family tragedy and the Oedipal/Electra complex. Starring Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey and Kirk Douglas, nominated for two Oscars.
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- Dudley Nichols
- 1947-11-19
Mourning Becomes Electra is a 1947 American drama film by Dudley Nichols adapted from the 1931 Eugene O'Neill play Mourning Becomes Electra, based in turn on the Oresteia. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katina Paxinou, Leo Genn and Kirk Douglas.
A tragic drama by Eugene O'Neill that explores the themes of incest, revenge, and fate. The play follows three generations of the Mannon family, who are cursed by their obsessive love and hatred for each other.
Mourning Becomes Electra, trilogy of plays by Eugene O’Neill, produced and published in 1931. The trilogy, consisting of Homecoming (four acts), The Hunted (five acts), and The Haunted (four acts), was modeled on the Oresteia trilogy of Aeschylus and represents O’Neill’s most complete use of Greek.
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A film adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play, based on the Oresteia, about a dysfunctional family in post-Civil War New England. The plot follows the tragic fate of the Mannon siblings, who are haunted by their parents' sins and their own desires.
Mourning Becomes Electra is a trilogy of three related plays: Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted. It is a modernized retelling of the Oresteia, a trilogy of Ancient Greek tragedies. Homecoming begins in the spring of 1865, as the American Civil War draws to a close.
