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In Greek mythology, Antigone [1] is the daughter of Oedipus and his mother, Jocasta. Over the years the myth has been the subject of many books, plays, operas and other works.
The most famous play text is the Greek version by Sophocles, but there have been many others.
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International versions: Texts, translations and adaptations
Among the many stage plays based on the Antigone myth are the following. (Plays on which there are entries in ESAT are written in blue. To see details of South African productions such plays, click on the name to go to the entry.):
Antigona Furiosa (by Griselda Gambaro)
Antígona Vélez (by Leopoldo Marechal)
''Antigone'' (by Bertolt Brecht)
Antigone (by Antonio D'Alfonso)
Tegonni, an African Antigone (by Femi Osofisan)
South African versions: Texts, translations and adaptations
These are original plays (or significant adaptations) created and/or written by a South African playwright and/or director.
#Antigone (by Watson and Sutherland)]]
Sources
"Antigone" theatre programme, 1952.
E. F. Taiwo. 2014. "Deconstructing the 'Fourth Wall': Metatheatricality in Plautus' Miles Gloriosus and Osofisan's Tegonni" in Canadian Social Science, 10(5), 146-152.[4]
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