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
He responded with bursts of creative energy, notably Mourning Becomes Electra and Strange Interlude.
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The play, Mourning Becomes Electra, would run continuously with an hour's intermission for dinner, would last five hours.
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Out of the swimming pools, Tammy went to New York, studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and spent two years playing in somber epics, including Mourning Becomes Electra.
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