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 Atkins Electra Rosalie Crutchley Clytemnestra Julian Glover Aegisthus Derek Goderey Tutor to Orestes Georgina Hale Chrysothemis Susan Richards Chorus Martin Shaw Orestes
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
Telephone
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- 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
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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- Title
- Electra (BBC, 1974)
- Archive
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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]
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- 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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