On the Tragedy of the Commoner: Elektra, Orestes, and Others in South Africa.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SOUTH Africa
    • Subject Terms:
      MOLORA (Theatrical production); AGAMEMNON (Theatrical production); ELEKTRA (Play)
    • Abstract:
      The article discusses how the drama of failed revolution and satire brings people in South Africa to the tragedy of a distinctly modern kind. It focuses on key moments in the text of Molora and its performance at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, Africa. It cites the scene of the TRC that worked most effectively when it wove together the image-repertoire of the hearings and text of Aeschylus's "Agamemnon" and "The Libation Bearers," supplemented by Euripides' and Sophocles' "Elektra" plays.