BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Mourning Becomes Elektra (Season 3, Episode 13)
TV Episode | 220 min | Drama

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BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

Mourning Becomes Elektra (Season 3, Episode 13)

TV Episode | 220 min | Drama

Eugene O'Neill's updated version of the Orestaia. In New England, after the American Civil War, a war-weary Ezra Mannon comes home to his unhappy wife (Christine) and loving daughter (Lavinia). But Lavinia's ex-suitor, Adam Brant, has ...See moreEugene O'Neill's updated version of the Orestaia. In New England, after the American Civil War, a war-weary Ezra Mannon comes home to his unhappy wife (Christine) and loving daughter (Lavinia). But Lavinia's ex-suitor, Adam Brant, has become Christine's lover, and together Adam and Christine plot to poison Ezra. When they succeed, Lavinia turns to her brother Orin to help bring the lovers to justice, but when they succeed, Orin goes mad and his suicide note may come between Lavinia and her new suitor, Peter Niles. Written by Kathy Li See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Catherine Lacey Christine Mannon Christine Mannon See fewer	The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Marjorie Mars Lavinia Mannon Lavinia Mannon See fewer	Brief Encounter (1945)
Patrick Macnee Captain Peter Niles Captain Peter Niles See fewer	The Avengers (1961)
Mark Dignam Brigadier-General Ezra Mannon Brigadier-General Ezra Mannon See fewer	Sword of Lancelot (1963)
Reginald Tate Captain Adam Brant Captain Adam Brant See fewer	The Inheritance (1947)
Charles Farrell Seth Beckwith Seth Beckwith See fewer	Night and the City (1950)
Joy Shelton Hazel Niles Hazel Niles See fewer	Millions Like Us (1943)
Andrew Osborn First Lieutenant Orin Mannon First Lieutenant Orin Mannon See fewer	BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
Willoughby Gray Ira Mackel Ira Mackel See fewer	The Princess Bride (1987)
Edward Byrne Chantyman Chantyman See fewer	Cal (1984)
MacDonald Parke Amos Ames Amos Ames See fewer	Shipyard Sally (1939)
Neil McCallum Abner Small Abner Small See fewer	The Woman Who Wouldn't Die (1965)