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'''''#Antigone''''' is a play by [[Wendy Watson]] and [[Kenlyn Sutherland]]
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''[[Antigone|#Antigone]]'' is a play devised by [[Wendy Watson]] and [[Kenlynn Sutherland]].
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== The original text ==
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The basic story line is taken from the play by Sophocles, but it has been adapted for 21st century South African teenage performers and audiences, utelising contemporary references, including two TV news studios and field reporters giving regular updates of the action. Two narrators are also employed to explain the story and move the action along – while a very accomplished group of drummers provide dramatic bridges between scenes.
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Devised and directed by
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2015: Performed at Durban Girls College May 11 to 14., directed by Sutherland with Arabella Latham, Casey Milledge, Kae Cele
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Keith Millar, 2015. "Durban Girls College nails ''Antigone''", ''ArtSMart'', 05/15/2015

Revision as of 06:01, 1 February 2018

#Antigone is a play devised by Wendy Watson and Kenlynn Sutherland.


The original text

The basic story line is taken from the play by Sophocles, but it has been adapted for 21st century South African teenage performers and audiences, utelising contemporary references, including two TV news studios and field reporters giving regular updates of the action. Two narrators are also employed to explain the story and move the action along – while a very accomplished group of drummers provide dramatic bridges between scenes.

Devised and directed by

2015: Performed at Durban Girls College May 11 to 14., directed by Sutherland with Arabella Latham, Casey Milledge, Kae Cele


Keith Millar, 2015. "Durban Girls College nails Antigone", ArtSMart, 05/15/2015