Electra: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide
Electra by Sophocles: the LibriVox audiobook summary, 2 original MP3 tracks, 1:24:40 running time and a link to listen.
Electra, credited to Sophocles, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.
About the work
The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:
LibriVox recording of Sophocles' Electra, translated by Lewis Campbell. Sophocles' play dramatizes the aftermath of Agamemnon's murder by his wife Clytemnestra and her lover Aegisthus. His daughter Electra is hungry for revenge and longs for the return of her brother Orestes to help her achieve her ends. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) Cast: Old Man: Algy Pug Orestes: David Goldfarb Electra: Elizabeth Klett Chorus: Lauren McCullough Chrysothemis: Roseanne Schmidt Clytemnestra: Philippa Aegisthus: Matthew Reece Narrator: Elizabeth Klett Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
Recording facts
- Recording title: Electra
- Author credits: Sophocles
- Language: English
- Original MP3 tracks: 2
- Listed recording duration: 1:24:40
Catalogue topics
- audio
- drama
- tragedy
- sophocles
- electra
Track guide
- 1 - Part 1 — 46:25
- 2 - Part 2 — 38:17
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