Electra

Cast: 2f 7m, plus chorus and extras

Staging: Multipurpose set

Amateur rights performance fee: £60 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Series: Drama Classics
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback, 128 pages ISBN: 9781854597564Publication Date:
1 Jun 2004
Size: 160mm x 105mm£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
Ebook, 128 pages ISBN: 9781788502382Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
First Staged:
unknown, c.405BC

Electra

By Sophocles Translated by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton

Paperback £4.99£3.99

Ebook £4.99£3.99

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A tragic tale of duty, retribution and fate.

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 edition of Sophocles' play Electra, in the Nick Hern Books Drama Classics series, is translated and introduced by Marianne McDonald and J. Michael Walton.

Cast: 2f 7m, plus chorus and extras

Staging:Multipurpose set

Amateur rights performance fee: £60 per performance (plus VAT where applicable)

Series: Drama Classics
Imprint: Nick Hern Books
Paperback,128 pages ISBN: 9781854597564Publication Date:
1 Jun 2004
Size: 160mm x 105mm£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)
Ebook,128 pages ISBN: 9781788502382Publication Date:
24 Oct 2019
£4.99 £3.99You save £1.00 (20%)

Also by Sophocles:

Oedipus
Oedipus
Antigone
Greek Tragedy: Three Plays
Antigone

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Also by Marianne McDonald:

The Oresteia
Antigone
Electra
Hecuba
Andromache

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Also by J. Michael Walton:

Electra
The Oresteia
Andromache

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