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Production

Electra (1991)

APGRD id
869
Start date
2nd December 1991
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Elektra (Sophocles)
Scripts:
Electra (Kenneth McLeish)
Companies
Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC)
APGRD Notes
The original 1988 production (ID 672) was revived in 1991 with a largely new cast (ID 869).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/869
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Deborah Warner Director
Hildegard Bechtler Designer
Philip Locke Actor Servant
John Lynch Actor Orestes
Richard Leaf Actor Pylades
Susan Colverd Actor Chysothemis
Sheila Gish Actor Clytemnestra
Gordon Case Actor Aegisthus
Fiona Shaw Actor Electra
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Templemore Sports Stadium (Derry, City of Derry, Northern Ireland) Northern Ireland February 1992, on a basketball pitch
Bobigny Théâtre (Paris, Île-de-France, France) France –
Riverside Studios, Hammersmith (London, Greater London, England) England –
Title Year Format Content
A bad old day on acting's Everest Newspaper cutting review
Electra by Sophocles Flyer
Electra by Sophocles Programme
Electra programme Programme programme
Hearts of darkness brought home to Derry Newspaper cutting review
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