0768Orestes_ONeillNichols

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ClCv241

Mastery

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T.Bogard's Contour
Perseus site for Aesch. Ag.

Eugene O'Neill, Mourning Becomes Electra, directed by Dudley Nichols (also screenplay), 1947

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The Havinga production stars Michael Redgrave, Orin
Katina Paxinou, Christine
Rosalind Russell, Lavinia
Kirk Douglas plays Peter

A notable plot twist, introduced by Nichols, involves the manuscript of Orin's history of the Mannons. Note how Vinnie handles it at the end.

running time: 159 mins.

Movie poster for "Mourning Becomes Electra" featuring Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, and Kirk Douglas

Mourning Questions: a listing of several dozen study questions, somewhat randomly organized, which could help ClCv241 student gauge their comprehension of the play's plot.

Mourning Notes: RTM's somewhat loosely arranged set of notes and talking points pertaining to O'Neill's masterpiece.

OGCMA slides are designed by Roger T. Macfarlane for use in Classical Civilization 241 courses at Brigham Young University.
The present resource contains information assembled for The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1400 - 1990's, edited by J. Davidson Reid (Oxford 1994), and it is used with express permission from Oxford University Press.
Address concerns or inquiries to macfarlane@byu.edu.