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Mourning Becomes Electra

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noun

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


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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.

From Time Magazine Archive

The play, Mourning Becomes Electra, would run continuously with an hour's intermission for dinner, would last five hours.

From Time Magazine Archive

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.

From Time Magazine Archive

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