Antigone

by Jean Anouilh

Overview

The body of polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's "Antigone" was seen by the French as theater of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789990824490
Publisher:	French European Publications, Inc.
Publication date:	01/28/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Jean Anouilh (1910-87) is regarded as one of France's best-known dramatists. ANTIGONE firmly established his popularity in France in 1944 and Peter Brook's 1950 production of Ring Round the Moon (1947) made his name in England. Twice married, he lived mainly in Switzerland for the last thirty years of his life.

Editorial Reviews

Anouilh is a poet, but not of words: he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing.” —Peter Brook, Director

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