Electra, Sophocles
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 13/08/2020

A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Electra (translation by Paul Woodruff, courtesy of Hackett Publishing Company), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guest Amy R. Cohen (Randolph College). Featured actors include Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Evvy Miller, Eunice Roberts, René Thornton Jr., and Sara Valentine.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

Scene selections:
86-230, Electra, Chorus 
328-471, Electra, Chrysothemis, Chorus 
516-659, Electra, Clytemnestra, Chorus 
871-1055, Electra, Chrysothemis 
1098-1264, Electra, Orestes, Chorus 
1385-1510: Electra, Chorus, Aegisthus, Orestes, Clytemnestra 

Credits:
Orestes - Tim Delap
Electra - Evvy Miller
Clytemnestra - Eunice Roberts
Chrysothemis - Tabatha Gayle
Aegisthus - René Thornton Jr.
Chorus - Sara Valentine

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.

Suggested further reading:
1) Griffiths, E. M. 2012. "Electra" in Brill’s companion to Sophocles. Edited by A. Markantonatos, 73–91. Leiden, The Netherlands, and Boston: Brill. 

2) Foley, H. P. 2001. Female acts in Greek tragedy. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press. 

3) Konstan, D. 2008. "Sophocles’ Electra as political allegory: A suggestion." Classical Philology 103.4: 77–80.