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Antigone
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Ideal for readers interested in classic Greek drama, tragic literature, and those fascinated by themes of civil disobedience and moral conflict.
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When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say ‘No’. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.
Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragedies seen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his "ability to break open texts calcified by tradition" (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.
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Arts Desk praises Anne Carson's new translation as 'marvellous,' noting its sharp colloquial language and insightful interpretation that bring fresh life to this ancient tragedy.
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ISBN: 9781350344396
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 May 2022
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Methuen Drama
Contributors:
- Adapted by Anne Carson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 66g
Pages: 56
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About the Author
Anne Carson is a MacArthur Fellow; she has received the Lannan Prize, the T.S Eliot Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize (twice-awarded), and was an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany. Anne is currently adapting The Bakkhai for the Almeida. Classic Stage Company in New York has produced Anne Carson’s An Oresteia (a trilogy adapted from Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Sophokles’ Electra and Euripides’ Orestes) in repertory.
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