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Electra in a New Electr'ic Light (1859)

APGRD id
205
Start date
25th April 1859
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Elektra (Sophocles)
Scripts:
Electra in a New Electr'ic Light (Francis [Frank] Talfourd)
APGRD Notes
The title page of the 1859 edition of this play describes it as "an entirely new and original extravaganza".
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/205
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Person Credit Notes
M. [female] Ternan Actor Orestes
F. [female] Wright Actor Pylades
[female] Wilkins Actor Clytemnestra
[male] Weathersby Actor Herald
[male] Moyse Actor Chief Huntsman
[male] Compton Actor Aegisthus
L. [female] Leclercq Actor Chrysothemis
[female] Griffiths Actor Nemesis
Eliza Weekes Actor Electra
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
His Majesty's Theatre / King's Theatre in the Haymarket (London, Greater London, England) England
Title Year Format Content
Electra in a New Electr'ic Light Photocopy playtext
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Sophocles Revisited: Essays Presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones Richard Stoneman, Leofranc Holford-Strevens, Netta Zagagi, Robert Fowler, Stephanie West, Gregory Hutchinson, Martin L. West, Malcolm Heath, Jasper Griffin, Bernard Knox, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Edith Hall Book
Victorian Classical Burlesques : A Critical Anthology Laura Monrós-Gaspar, Edward Leman Blanchard, Robert Brough, Francis [Frank] Talfourd Book
Performing Greek Drama in Oxford and on Tour with the Balliol Players Amanda Wrigley Book