Electra (1774)

Original id: 
1238
Start date: 
1 January 1774
Degree of relationship to ancient play: 
Adaptation
Production notes: 
Francklin's Orestes was a version of Voltaire's Oreste, a tragedy based on Sophocles' Electra. A revival of the 1769 production (ID 1237), renamed Electra. The new Prologue and Epilogue were written by David Garrick.
Media of production: 
Stage-play
Languages: 
English
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Information related to this production

Person Role Notes
Philip James de Loutherbourg Set
David Garrick Writer wrote the Prologue and Epilogue
Mary Ann Yates Actor Electra
Source Format Location if held at the APGRD Pagination
Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones Book library 277-278; illustration at 278
Medea in Performance, 1500-2000 Book library 54

How to cite this production

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