Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Series page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1 Theatrical Background -- 2 What Happens and How -- 3 Euripides' Electra and Myth Reflecting and Re-fashioning Tradition -- 4 In Order of Appearance Characters (and Actors) in Electra -- The Farmer -- Electra -- Orestes -- Pylades -- The Chorus -- The Old Man -- The Messenger -- Aegisthus -- Clytemnestra -- Castor and Polydeuces, the Dioskouroi ('Sons of Zeus')38 -- 5 Language -- 6 Setting, Costumes, Props and Bodies -- 7 Gender, Sex and Reproductive Roles Maleness, Mothers and Offspring -- 8 Highs and Lows in Electra Rich and Poor, Gods and Mortals, Sky and Earth -- 9 Electra through the Looking Glass -- Notes -- References -- Index.
