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Dumbwise Theatre
ELECTRA
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experimental theatre
full length play
Greek myth
Greek tragedy
John Ward
Language_English
live punk-rock score
lyrical modern epic
modern playwrights
murder
new writing
Oberon Books
Oberon Classics
Orestes
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rebellion
reclamation
reimagining
revenge
softlaunch
Sophocles
The Bunker
theatre
Product details
- ISBN 9781786824592
- Weight: 160g
- Dimensions: 128 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 27 Feb 2018
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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DumbWise reinvent the murderous Greek myth of power and prophecy as a lyrical modern epic with a live punk-rock score.
A Queen masterminds the murder of her husband and takes the throne with her new lover. Her daughter, Electra, grows up in the grip of a cruel regime, swearing revenge. Her son Orestes, exiled as a boy and raised in the arms of the rebels, waits to embark on a holy mission to reclaim his country.
Two decades later a twist of fate brings brother and sister together; united by hate but divided by faith. With the country on the brink of civil war, the most powerful family in the Kingdom are torn apart from the inside as their dark past once again becomes the present.
The revolution will be televised, but are The Gods watching?
John Ward founded DumbWise in 2008. DumbWise are an actor-musician theatre company fusing live musicianship, original songwriting and dynamic storytelling in the pursuit of creating new musical works for contemporary audiences.
