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Electra
Electra
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Author: Sophocles Translated by: Nicholas Rudall Publisher: Ivan R. Dee Format: Softcover # of Pages: 76 Pub. Date: 1993 ISBN-10: 1566630223 ISBN-13: 9781566630221
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About the Play:
Electra is a tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate by
Sophocles. Greek princess Electra waits for her brother,
Orestes, to return home and help her plan revenge on their mother,
Clytemnestra, for her murdering of their father, Agamemnon, in
Sophocles' tragedy.
King Agamemnon, on returning from the Trojan Wars, is murdered by
his wife, Clytemnestra, and her lover. Now, to avenge the crime,
their daughter Electra must commit one even worse and face the
inevitable consequences. This brilliant new translation by Nicholas
Rudall is made with a direct eye on the stage. It aims at clarity
and simplicity and captures the power of the play for contemporary
audiences.
Cast: 2 women, 7 men, plus chorus and extras
What people say:
"A marvel of compression and
spare, evocative English." — Chicago Tribune
About the Author:
Sophocles was born at Colonus, just outside Athens, in 496
BC, and lived ninety years. He wrote over a hundred plays for the
Athenian theater, and is said to have come first in twenty-four
contests.
D. Nicholas Rudall is Professor Emeritus in the Department
of Classics at the University of Chicago. He has directed many
classical works at the Court Theatre, of which he is the founding
director. His teaching is focused on tragedy and the ancient theater,
Aristophanes, and Propertius. |
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