{"product_id":"three-plays-desire-under-the-elms-strange-interlude-mourning-becomes-electra-by-eugene-oneill","title":"'Three Plays: Desire Under the Elms, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra' by Eugene O'Neill","description":"\u003ch4 data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"485\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDrawing on Greek tragedy, psychoanalysis, and modern realism, O’Neill pushed the stage toward darker psychological terrain.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"485\"\u003eInside, three of Eugene O’Neill’s most ambitious plays, works that helped reshape twentieth-century American theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"223\" data-end=\"485\"\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"487\" data-end=\"510\"\u003eDesire Under the Elms\u003c\/em\u003e explores obsession and inheritance within a harsh New England farming family. \u003cem data-start=\"589\" data-end=\"608\"\u003eStrange Interlude\u003c\/em\u003e experiments formally with interior monologue, allowing audiences direct access to the characters’ thoughts. \u003cem data-start=\"717\" data-end=\"743\"\u003eMourning Becomes Electra\u003c\/em\u003e, O’Neill’s monumental trilogy, reworks the Oresteia myth in the aftermath of the American Civil War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"846\" data-end=\"1016\"\u003eTogether the plays show O’Neill expanding what theatre could contain: family drama, myth, sexuality, and guilt unfolding across the emotional landscape of modern America.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44174902100051,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/ScholarsCreatingDigitalMapsofSpinoza_sEthics-2026-03-08T151355.760.png?v=1772943302","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/three-plays-desire-under-the-elms-strange-interlude-mourning-becomes-electra-by-eugene-oneill","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}