Mourning Becomes Electra--couple questions

I like the show very much. I think there haven't been many productions because of its length, but also because it is "Greek tragedy" and there aren't many light moments. It also needs brilliant actors to pull it off.

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The length of the play precludes more than 6 performances a week so 25% of your gross is gone right then.

The plays themselves while admirable, are repetitive.

Which brings us to a production I saw at Long Wharf in December 2002 with Jane Alexander. The dramaturg had cut nearly 50% of the play and frankly (Scarlett), nobody missed a damn thing. The running time was 3:15.

Maybe more regionals, universities and non-profits could use this adaptation. The problem is that there might be a fight between the purists who want all the playwright's words and the practical who do not want a butt-numbing 5 1/2 hours.

Also NY City Opera did a production of the operatic version a year ago and it worked very well.

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I've recently had the enormous misfortune of being compelled to play Orin. Never in my life have I been so frustrated with a character. The entire play is populated with a bunch of self-invovled, narcissistic, vile and disgusting people who are so f*cked-up they take an inordinately long time to say the tiniest nugget of information or feeling.

The plays are all long, and very, very, very boring. Not too mention horrific for the actors cast in them. I pity the poor b*tches who play Lavinia. That is one NASTY part.

'is populated with a bunch of self-invovled, narcissistic, vile and disgusting people who are so f*cked-up they take an inordinately long time to say the tiniest nugget of information or feeling.'

You are aware of where you are posting, right?

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just making sure!

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thats not a very positive way to approach the role.

Well, I finished Homecoming and just started The Hunted...its fascinating so far...Very Greek....so much symbolism with the faces as masks and the house even. I would love to see a production of this... I put the movie on my netflix...but probably a poor substitute...O'Neill is definitely an author i'd sit hours for.

any chance of a revival soon?