Electra
T2087329745
An empire crumbling. Betrayal. Murder. Vengeance.
Electra is a darkly psychological study of a woman s obsession with her murdered father and her quest for retribution. When her brother unexpectedly returns from exile, the stage is set for Electra s endgame. But vengeance has its price. For how can there be closure if, to avenge your father s death, you must first kill your mother?
Archive :: production:T2087329745, play:S3140, venue:V231
Production details
France 1936. Giradoux retells this chilling story of hatred, loyalty and love with humour and invention, translating a passionate tragedy into a blackly comic expose of bourgeois complacency. Theatrically extraordinary and philosophically rigorous,
Electra is also a rare glimpse into the energy and confusion of pre-war France.
