Electra
Author: first_name:  Benito
last_name: Pérez Galdós
Language: English
Year: 1919

Originally staged in the Teatro Español in 1901, <i>Electra</i> is a controversial Spanish drama that documents the trials and tribulations of its innocent heroine. Electra is a young woman of unknown parentage who is raised in a convent in France and, after the death of her mother Eleuteria, adopted by her aunt and uncle. Electra soon falls in love with the scientist Maximo, but an intricate web of rumors and lies threatens to ruin their relationship.  In this play, Benito Pérez Galdós tackles