Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Oresteia takes place in New England after the American Civil War. A war-weary Agamemnon, Brigadier General Ezra Mannon, returns home to his unhappy wife Christine and loving daughter Lavinia. However, his homecoming is disrupted by Christine's affair with Lavinia's ex-suitor, Adam Brant.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill's adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy Oresteia is reimagined in post-Civil War New England, transporting timeless themes to a new American landscape.
