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| − | In Greek mythology, '''Antigone''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone] 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 | + | In Greek mythology, '''Antigone''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigone] 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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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:
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
#Antigone (by Wendy Watson and Kenlynn Sutherland)
Sources
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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