Eugene O’Neill’s
Mourning Becomes
Electra was a re-telling of the Oresteia,
setting the plays of Clytemnestra,
Electra and Orestes in New England,
following the Civil War. The Theatre
Guild’s promotional campaign featured
the image of Lavinia (Electra) and
Christine (Clytemnestra), based on a
photograph by Florence Vandamm.
Billy Rose Theatre Collection, The
New York Public Library for the
Performing Arts
