Homecoming

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"Homecoming" is the first play in Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy *Mourning Becomes Electra*, a modern retelling of the Oresteia set in post–Civil War New England.

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Homecoming canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Eugene O’Neill ⓘ
linked to: Eugene O'Neill
basedOn Oresteia ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy Aeschylus ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticStructure part of a trilogy structure ⓘ
firstPerformanceLanguage English ⓘ
genre modernist drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasSequel The Haunted ⓘ
The Hunted ⓘ
isComponentOf Oresteia-inspired trilogy ⓘ
isModernRetellingOf Oresteia ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Christine Mannon ⓘ
Ezra Mannon ⓘ
Lavinia Mannon ⓘ
Orin Mannon ⓘ
narrativeFunction introduces the Mannon family and their internal tensions ⓘ
partOf Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
seriesPosition first play in the trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra ⓘ
settingPlace New England ⓘ
settingTime post–American Civil War period ⓘ
theme adultery ⓘ
family conflict ⓘ
guilt ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
war and its aftermath ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mourning Becomes Electra → hasPart → Homecoming ⓘ
Moving the Centre → relatedWork → Homecoming ⓘ
The Haunted → hasTrilogyPart → Homecoming ⓘ
Christine Mannon → appearsInPart → Homecoming ⓘ
Christine Mannon → isProtagonistOf → Homecoming ⓘ