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Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
Nov 28, 2025 1:52 PM

Author:Eugene O'Neill

Mourning Becomes Electra

Set in New England just after the end of the Civil War, Mourning Becomes Electra is O'Neill's three part reworking of themes from Greek tragedy.

This adaptation of Aeschylus' Oresteia by one of America's greatest playwrights is a landmark in the history of theatre.

Reviews

Historically important... Theater of great scope and grand design

—— New York Times

The full range of the human and the divine is called into play

—— Independent

There is a manifest integrity about his work, a ruthless self-exposure, and a determination to venture into territory where few dramatists dare to tread

—— Daily Telegraph

In this take on Aeschylus' The Oresteia, O'Neill substitutes the New England House of Mannon for the House of Atreus and concocts a typically over-the-top cocktail of sex, envy, adultery, matricide and inescapable guilt

—— Chicago Tribune

Clever, spry and sad in equal measure...a pacy plot whose twists and shifts of viewpoint make for much anxious page-turning

—— Daily Telegraph

A scintillating story of lust, deception and retribution

—— Independent on Sunday

Beautifully written...with a featherlight touch, Moggach keeps the tension at fever-pitch until the final hilarious – and entirely unexpected – climax

—— Independent on Sunday

A personal journey through places and people I know

—— Kathleen MacMahon , Irish Times
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