Elektra

by Michael Paller, Amy Krivohlavek, Cait Robinson

American Conservatory Theater’s in-depth dramaturgical series, Words on Plays, enhances the theatergoing experience by offering A.C.T.’s audience a variety of ways to learn about the plays, productions, and people who make theater happen. Each entertaining and informative issue of Words on Plays contains a helpful synopsis, interviews with artists involved in bringing A.C.T.’s production to the stage, and original articles about the historical and cultural context of the play. Primarily aimed at A.C.T.’s San Francisco audiences, the insightful Words on Plays series is a wonderful resource for theater lovers, practitioners, and students anywhere.The Elektra edition of Words on Plays includes interviews with famed composer David Lang and veteran scenic designer Ralph Funicello and essays examining the life Sophocles, how his interpretation of the Elektra myth differs from the interpretations of Aeschylus and Euripides, and how ideas of justice and femininity influenced his plays. This issue also includes an article about the cursed House of Atreus, as well as a family tree, map of Ancient Greece, and a glossary of the gods referenced in Elektra.

52 pages, Kindle Edition

Published October 25, 2012