Sophocles Antigone 2000 years later


Antigone

4 This production is particularly suitable for: • Drama and theatre students studying Greek drama. • Anyone interested in re-imagined contemporary productions of classic plays. • Drama and theatre students studying Polly Findlay as a contemporary theatre practitioner. In particular you might like to explore:


THEATER REVIEW 'Antigone' Arts and Entertainment Your Observer

This film offers a brief introduction to Aristotle's theory of tragedy from Edith Hall, before introducing the play Antigone by Sophocles. Polly Findlay spea.


REVIEW Trinity's "Dreams of Antigone"

The new King Creon is desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war and refuses to bury the body of Antigone's rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies him and honours her brother. Creon takes action against her, risking the wrath of the gods. Christopher Eccleston and Jodie Whittaker feature in this thrilling contemporary staging of Antigone, directed by Polly Findlay.


Sophocles Antigone 2000 years later

Cast. Jodie Whittaker Antigone. Annabel Scholey Ismene. Paul Bentall Chorus. Martin Chamberlain Chorus. Jason Cheater Chorus. Stravos Demetraki Chorus. Paul Dodds Chorus. Craige Els Chorus.


Theater Antigone

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles.


Antigone Review Greek Tragedy as Japanese Theater New York Theater

Antigone is playing as part of the Travelex £12 season, which offers almost half the tickets in the Olivier theatre for just £12. More than two thousand years after it was written, it is incredible how modern Sophocles' Antigone feels in the hands of director Polly Findlay.


Antigone, National Theatre

Watch on National Theatre at Home. The new King Creon is desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war and refuses to bury the body of Antigone's rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies him and honours her brother. Creon takes action against her, risking the wrath of the gods. Christopher Eccleston and Jodie Whittaker feature in.


Antigone by Sophocles. 14th to 23rd November 2013. Cottiers Theatre, Glasgow. Directed for STG

Recording from the National Theatre Archive. Available at least until 7 February 2024. The new King Creon is desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war and refuses to bury the body of Antigone's rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies him and honours her brother. Creon takes action against her, risking the wrath of the gods.


JAMES KARAS REVIEWS AND VIEWS ANTIGONE REVIEW OF 2016 EPIDAURUS PRODUCTION

Jodie Whittaker's Antigone is no bright-eyed martyr - simply a dogged, determined young woman who believes nothing is more important than the debt we owe to family and the dead. It is a.


Antigone National Theatre at Home

Review: Antigone. Ryan Ahern June 7, 2012 Off West End Reviews Theatre 1149 views. Thebes has been ravaged by civil war and King Creon has ruled that no one is to bury Antigone's brother, the 'traitor' Polynices. Driven by her overriding familial love and the belief that her uncle's edict is immoral, unjust and against the laws of the.


Antigone by Sophocles January 2002 Flint Central High School Theatre Scenery and Stage

Review: Antigone, National Theatre. "When things must be, they will be". Though the prospect of a different kind of Greek tragedy is one that is dominating our headlines at the moment, the ancient Greek kind remain an enduring presence in our theatres. Sophocles' Antigone is the latest to re-emerge at the National Theatre with director.


Theatre review Antigone at the National Theatre, starring Christopher Eccleston Sarah Shaffi

Antigone, National Theatre, NT, May 2012. Posted on 30 May 2012. The story behind this play is that before he died, Oedipus cursed his sons, and they ended up killing one another in a battle for Thebes. The city is now ruled by Creon, brother to Oedipus's mother/wife Jocasta. Antigone and Ismene, all images NT/ Johan Persson.


"Antigone" at the National Theatre Theatre reviews by Edward Lukes

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„Antigone 2000 years later“ tonight at Dubrovnik Summer Festival 73. Dubrovnik Summer Festival

The third of the Theban plays, Antigone is a perfect tragedy: everyone behaves in the right way, but with fatal results. It's a true tragedy of irreconcilables. Creon, the ruler of Thebes, has decided that Polynices, who has died fighting his own brother in a civil war, has no right to be buried. Instead, his body must be left on the field of.


Antigone Cutting Ball Theater

Bristol Community College's Theatre Program will host a production of Antigone, from Thursday, Feb. 15 to Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024, at 7 p.m., in the Studio Theatre (room H128), at the Jackson Arts Center, on the Bristol Fall River Campus, 777 Elsbree Street. This will be the first production directed by a Bristol Theatre Program Student.


Antigone Theater in New York

Step into the National Theatre's Archive and discover the stories behind Polly Findlay's production of Antigone, adapted by Don Taylor and starring Christoph.

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