Electra

Summary
BBC production of Sophocles’ Electra, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg and starring Eileen Atkins in the title role, transmitted in the Play of the Month series.
Theatre play
Electra by Sophocles [more information]
Date of transmission
Thursday 24 October 1974
Time
9.25pm (85 mins)
Series
Play of the Month
Channel
BBC1
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Michael Lindsay-Hogg
Playwright
Sophocles
Translator
E. F. Watling
Cast
Eileen AtkinsElectra
Rosalie CrutchleyClytemnestra
Julian GloverAegisthus
Derek GodereyTutor to Orestes
Georgina HaleChrysothemis
Susan RichardsChorus
Martin ShawOrestes

Additional details

Play tags
Greek drama; tragedy

Audiovisual sources

Title
A292/06 The Theatre
Archive
Open University Archive [more information]
Address

Library Services, Walton Hall
The Open University
Milton Keynes
MK7 6AA
UK

Telephone

+44 (0) 845 300 6090

Email

university-archive@open.ac.uk

Website

http://www8.open.ac.uk/library/library-resources/the-open-university-archive

Notes
Scenes from the 1974 Electra were used in this programme for the Open University course A292 and contextualized by Professor Eric Handley.
Title
Electra (BBC, 1974)
Archive
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Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Title
Electra (BBC, 1974)
Archive
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Address

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Telephone

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Print sources

Title
Electrifying - The Girl Most of You Missed (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
James Thomas (Reviewer)
Reference
Daily Express, 25 October 1974, 12
Title
For the Rest of Their Lives (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Clive James (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 27 October 1974, 29
Title
Greek plays: Sophocles’ Electra (BBC, 1974) (Blog article)
Author/creator
Amanda Wrigley (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/sophocles-electra-bbc-1974, published 26 August 2011
Title
Play of the Month - Electra, 1974 (Audience Research Report)
Archive
BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
Address

Peppard Road
Caversham Park
Reading
Berkshire
RG4 8TZ
UK

Telephone

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Email

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Website

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Access

The WAC is open from 9.30am to 5.00pm on Wednesdays to Fridays throughout the year to academics, postgraduate students and writers by appointment.

Reference
VR/74/616, 20 November 1974
Title
Radio Times, 19 October 1974 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing on p. 62, with image of Eileen Atkins; article, ‘From Stones to Sophocles’, on p. 4
Title
This Week on Television (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Nancy Banks-Smith (Reviewer)
Reference
The Guardian, 25 October 1974, 12

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