num_pages: 288
description: 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.
language: English
title: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA
titlecomplete: MOURNING BECOMES ELECTRA (Jonathan Cape Paperback)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, Drama, Literature, Classics, Nobel Prize, Mythology, 20th Century
ratings_count: 4811
publisher: Jonathan Cape