Jan 1, 2010

Mourning Becomes Electra | Critical Overview

In adapting Oresteia, Eugene O'Neill set himself a challenging task. He explains he that hoped to create a "modern psychological approximation of [the] Greek sense of fate" and sets the play in New England because it evokes the "Puritan conviction of man born to sin and punishment." Critics continue to debate to what extent O'Neill succeeded in his project.

Playbill from O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra

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