Part I -- The exploration of the primitive -- Euripides: the dionysiac experience -- Strindberg: The strong and cruel struggle -- Pinter: the roots of the relationship -- Ionesco: Paroxysm and proliferation -- The Marot Sade Play: the primitive in action -- Part II -- Orestes and electra in Greek and modern drama -- Orestes in Greek drama -- Orestes in modern drama: Mourning becomes electra -- Orestes in modern drama: The family reunion -- Orestes in modern drama: The flies -- Electra in later drama: Shakespeare and Ibsen
