Word: electra
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...Senior class at Smith College will give two performances of the Electra of Sophocles on June...
...whole caste deserve high commendation for their interpretation of their parts, but if one must discriminate one may say with justice that Mr. Whitlesey as Orestes, Miss Hamilton as Electra, and Mr. Platt as a former relative of Agamemnon, excelled. The old man's vivid recital of the alleged death of Orestes, was particularly well done and deserves especial mention. The acting of the chorus, too, as they hung listening on the old man's lips was very lifelike. Every gesture. every attitude betrayed each change of feeling during his recital...
...most difficult role of the play was that of Electra, calling as it did throughout for expressions of extreme emotion; yet no part was taken with more appreciation of the demands. Her intense sorrow at the news of her brother's death and her outburst of passion against her mother were particularly happy...
...only break in the gloom of the whole plot is in the meeting of Electra and Orestes before the palace, and the acting of both Miss Hamilton and Mr. Whitlesey, on this occasion deserves mention...
...course in many ways essentially different from that of an English plot, and for this reason it is difficult to draw comparisons. Comparisons in fact are unnecessary. It is enough that a tragedy of a Greek master should retain so much interest for a modern audience as the Electra has shown itself to retain. The fact certainly is worthy of reflection...