Electra (1932)

Original id:

6124

Start date:

8 January 1932

End date:

19 January 1932

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Translation

Production notes:

The 1931 production (ID 6123) was revived the following year in New York with changes of cast (ID 6124).

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Elektra	Sophocles AKA Sophokles
Electra	Sir John T. Sheppard AKA J. Sheppard

Person	Role	Notes
John Buckler	Actor	Orestes
Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) AKA Beatrice Stella Tanner	Actor	Clytemnestra
Joyce Carey	Actor	Chrysothemis
Anna Duncan	Chorus Direction
Robert Henderson	Actor	Aegisthus
Robert Henderson	Director
Richard Malaby	Composer
Robert Schnitzer	Actor	Pylades
Charles Waldron	Actor	Old Servant
Blanche Yurka	Actor	Electra

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
Selwyn Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)		8 January, 1932 to 19 January, 1932

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994	Book	library	29
Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production	Book	library	360	1591
Woes of the House of Atreus	Photocopy	archive
The play: the Sophocles [sic] Electra	Photocopy	archive
Robert Henderson's production of the Sophocles [sic] Electra …	Photocopy	archive
Mycenae and Connecticut	Photocopy	archive
Reimagining Greek Tragedy on the American Stage	Book	library

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