Electra
Written by Sophocles
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Sophocles' play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. His daughter Electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother Orestes to help her achieve her ends. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)
Cast:Old Man: Algy Pug
Orestes: David Goldfarb
Electra: Elizabeth Klett
Chorus: Lauren McCullough
Chrysothemis: Roseanne Schmidt
Clytemnestra: Philippa
Aegisthus: Matthew Reece
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
Sophocles
Sophocles is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. Sophocles wrote over 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus.
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