Elektra
Paperback, 112 pages ISBN: 9781839044465Publication Date:
13 Feb 2025
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Ebook, 112 pages ISBN: 9781788508865Publication Date:
13 Feb 2025
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
First Staged:
Theatre Royal Brighton & Duke of York's Theatre, West End, 2025

Elektra (West End edition)

By Sophokles Translated by Anne Carson

Paperback £10.99£8.79

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Ebook £10.99£8.79

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On Stage at:
Theatre Royal, Brighton
From Mon 13 Jan 2025 to Sat 18 Jan 2025
Duke of York's Theatre, West End
From Fri 24 Jan 2025 to Sat 12 Apr 2025

Please note: due to territorial rights restrictions, we are only able to accept orders for Elektra for delivery to customers located in the UK and Commonwealth (excluding Canada).


Elektra, haunted by her father's assassination, is tormented by grief; a fierce instinct for survival; and a thirst for vengeance. When her long-lost brother Orestes at last returns, she urges him to take savage and terrifying action, but at what cost?

This edition of Sophokles' electrifying and timeless play features the magisterial translation by award-winning poet, essayist and translator Anne Carson.

It was published alongside Daniel Fish's production starring Brie Larson, Stockard Channing, Greg Hicks and Patrick Vaill, which opened at the Theatre Royal Brighton in 2025, before transferring at the Duke of York's Theatre in London's West End.

'There is something bad here, growing. Day and night I watch it. Growing.'

Paperback,112 pages ISBN: 9781839044465Publication Date:
13 Feb 2025
Size: 198mm x 129mm£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
This edition isn't available yet, but you can be amongst the first to receive it by pre-ordering now! Pre-order
Ebook,112 pages ISBN: 9781788508865Publication Date:
13 Feb 2025
£10.99 £8.79You save £2.20 (20%)
Available Soon
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