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标题：From Aeschylus' Oresteia to Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra: Text, Adaptation and Performance
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作者：Alison Burke ; The Open University, UK
期刊名称：New Voices in Classical Reception Studies
印刷版ISSN：1750-6581
出版年度：2006
期号：01
出版社：The Open University
摘要：The Royal National Theatre¡¯s production of Eugene O¡¯Neill¡¯s Mourning Becomes Electra at the Royal National Theatre (London 2003¨C4) downplayed the relationship between O¡¯Neill¡¯s trilogy and Aeschylus¡¯ Oresteia. Rather than following the stage directions of O¡¯Neill, which are evocative of classical staging conventions, the RNT production sought to foreground O¡¯Neill¡¯s theatrical legacy of nineteenth-century melodrama and fusion of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century realism and expressionism. Moreover, the director Howard Davies presented a political interpretation of O¡¯Neill¡¯s text that focused on changing political worlds. In so doing, the production offered an innovative view of O¡¯Neill that located him within his theatrical context, rather than juxtaposing him with his classical source material. However, Davies¡¯ directorial interpretation raises interesting questions about O¡¯Neill¡¯s relationship with his classical source material. The main aim of this article therefore is to re-examine the relationship between O¡¯Neill (1888¨C1953) and Aeschylus.