After Electra
by April de Angelis

Name: After Electra
Brand: April de Angelis
SKU: 9780571326150
Rating: 3.12 (11 reviews)

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Highlights

Small Cast

Female

Male

British Comedy

What readers are saying

Readers appreciate the clever and bold insights into aging and family dynamics presented in the play. Many commend April de Angelis's writing, highlighting it as one of her best works. However, some find the play's length and derivative nature a minor drawback.

Clever insights on agingStrong writing by April de AngelisEngaging and thought-provokingToo long and derivative

Synopsis

I blame the books they learned to read with.

Daddy at the office.

Mummy looking out of the window while she's washing up.

I should have burnt them.

It's Virgie's eighty-fourth birthday and she is bucking convention.

But, always more committed as an artist than a mother, Virgie has not reckoned on her family and friends' determination to thwart her plans.

A moving black comedy that reimagines the meaning of family, April De Angelis' After Electra premiered at the Theatre Royal Plymouth, in April 2015 before transferring to the Tricycle Theatre, London.