Mourning Becomes Electra
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Feb 19, 2009
Closed Mar 1, 2009
Opened Feb 19, 2009
Closed Mar 1, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The New Group presents Eugene O'Neill's trilogy, Mourning Becomes Electra, directed by Scott Elliott.
Three taut plays combine to create one epic theatrical journey as O'Neill's sizzling re-imagining of the Oresteia brings the intense familial conflicts of this classic story to a tightly wound New England town.
At the end of the Civil War, General Mannon's wife and daughter await his return with very different agendas. When his battle-scarred son Orin finally arrives, he finds a house divided and a tragedy in the making.
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Mourning Becomes Electra, Eugene O'Neill's revision to the Oresteia myth, doesn't come along all that often, primarily because it's a gargantuan undertaking for both artists and audiences. Like Aeschylus' telling of the Greek stories about the carnage within the house of Atreus, Electra is a trilogy of plays that, in order to have their full impact, must be seen together and in sequence. So while theatergoers owe a debt of gratitude to The New Group and director Scott Elliott for simply putting on this ambitious production, audiences' appreciation for the endeavor will be sorely undermined by its decidedly uneven delivery, not to mention its four-plus-hour running time.
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