Natalie Haynes

Contemporary theatre is showing renewed enthusiasm for Greek tragedy, particularly stories centered on women whose anger has been suppressed. Natalie Haynes highlights Cate Blanchett’s upcoming Electra/Persona and Simon Stone’s modernized Oresteia alongside productions of Pandora-inspired and Medea-related works. She argues that figures such as Electra, Clytemnestra and Medea remain powerful because their rage grows from violence, abandonment and social confinement, giving modern audiences a dramatic voice for unheeded female anger.