Mourning Becomes Electra

American  

noun

1. a three-part tragedy (1931) by Eugene O'Neill, including Homecoming, The Hunted, and The Haunted.

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Example Sentences

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

Mr. Sullivan's burlesque on Mourning Becomes Electra, the most elaborate buffoonery in the show, runs to punning.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Mourning Becomes Electra, in which O'Neill transplanted the ancient Greek tragedy into an American setting, he significantly left out the scenes from the original legend showing the hero's final judgment by the Furies.

From Time Magazine Archive

One wag remarked, "We won't go home until Mourning Becomes Electra."

From Time Magazine Archive