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Antigone before the tsar
There are gestures that carry the force of legend, that reverberate with the familiarity of a tragedy performed a thousand times, and acquire an archetypal dimension. The announcement in an online ...
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‘What’s up, Kreon?” isn’t something you’d hear in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy “Antigone,” written in 440 B.C. But in Anne Carson ...
Alexander Raptotasios’ thrilling update of Sophocles’ tragedy draws on the story of Isis bride Shamima Begum to let the audience vote on questions of morality ...
Sophocles, Holderlin, Brecht, Malina - four major figures in the world's theatre - have all left their imprint on this remarkable dramatic text. Friedrich Holderlin translated Sophocles into ...
Jeryl Brunner covers theater, entertainment and lifestyle stories. In Sophocles’ tragic play Antigone, the title character will do anything to ensure that her late brother, Polyneices ...
Inspired by the true stories of young women from the UK who became the so called ‘ISIS Brides', Antigone [on strike] follows Law student Antiya as she campaigns against an ambitious Home ...
A play inspired by the story of 'Jihadi bride' Shamima Begum uses audio visuals and audience voting to look at issues of ...
Common themes in today’s literature and theatre, such as courage, determination, jealousy, love and faithfulness, existed ...
This play is very loud and never allows the audience a moment of silence to reflect on what they have just witnessed.