Mourning Becomes Electra
Americannoun
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Dame Helen Mirren's turn as an adulterous New England matriarch who murders her husband in Mourning Becomes Electra was widely praised in 2003.
From BBC • Oct. 22, 2013
I figured people would be really impressed that I had read "Silas Marner" and "Mourning Becomes Electra."
From New York Times • Nov. 30, 2012
Said he upon sailing: ''The two outstanding things in my visit . . . were meeting O'Neill and attending Mourning Becomes Electra.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Play, Mourning Becomes Electra, had been in the mind of many a theatregoer for over a year.
From Time Magazine Archive
Mourning Becomes Electra is like a day of wild wind and rain that finally reduces everyone and everything to a sodden, nerveless pulp.
From Time Magazine Archive
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