Original id:
551
Start date:
16 January 1906
End date:
24 March 1906
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
This was the première of Murray's translation.
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
Electra (1906)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Elektra | Euripides |
| Electra | Gilbert Murray (1866-1975) |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Ainley | Actor | Orestes |
| J. H. Barnes | Actor | Old Man |
| Gwendoline Bishop AKA Mrs Clifford Bax | Actor | Chorus |
| Lewis Casson | Actor | Castor |
| Harley Granville Barker | Director | |
| Harley Granville Barker | Director | |
| Hubert Harben | Actor | Messenger |
| E. Harcourt Williams | Actor | Orestes |
| Amy Lamborn | Actor | Chorus |
| Frederick Lloyd | Actor | Pylades |
| Vera Longden | Actor | Chorus |
| Violet Myers | Actor | Chorus |
| Edyth Olive | Actor | Clytemnestra |
| Stratton Rodney | Actor | Peasant |
| M. Saumarez | Actor | Chorus |
| Gertrude Scott | Actor | Leader of Chorus |
| Elaine Sledall | Actor | Chorus |
| Theodore Stier | Composer | |
| Hazel Thompson | Actor | Chorus |
| Penelope Wheeler | Actor | Chorus |
| Edith Wynne-Matthison | Actor | Electra |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Royal Court Theatre, Court Theatre (London, Greater London, England) | 16 January, 1906 to 24 March, 1906 | two runs: 16 January-2 February and 12-24 March |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert Murray OM, 1866-1957 | Book | library | 106-107 | |
| The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy | Book | library | 302 | |
| Medea and British Legislation Before the First World War | Offprint | archive | 1 | |
| Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production | Book | library | 336 | |
| The Hippolytus of Euripides and Electra of Euripides | Book | library | ||
| Greek Tragedy and the British Stage, 1566-1997 | Print-out | archive | 128 | |
| Royal Court Theatre: programme | Programme | |||
| Gilbert Murray's Euripides: The Trojan Women and Other Plays | Book | library | vii, xx-xxi, xxix n.42 | |
| Programme: Electra (1906), Royal Court Theatre | Print-out | archive | ||
| Extract from Wearing's The London Stage | Print-out | archive |
How to cite this production
Electra (1906), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/551 <13 December 2024>