STEFAN SABLIĆ

This drama was written in 1968 by one of the greatest Serbian and world-renowned writers, Danilo Kis, who was commissioned to adapt Euripides’ Elektra.  Kis soon discovered a strong parallel with contemporary times and the bloody Balkan history, which inspired him to create a new drama that completely changed the psychological and ethical nature of the original play.

Born to a Montenegrin mother and a Jewish father, Kis has felt the dark colours of inheritance – a concept of revenge that remains vibrant in Balkans – against which he fights.

In comparison with antique sources, Kis's Elektra offers a clear and certain solution to tradition and dogma. Elektra’s determination to pursue a bloody and unstoppable chain of revenge is no longer the will of the Gods, but rather  elevates the act of revenge to a universal cult of individual will with the belief that all have the right to execute superior judgment on others.