Antigone
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
The Company of Four presented Jean Anouilh's Antigone in the Eastern Province Society of Arts and Crafts' Arts Hall, Port Elizabeth, from June 16 - 21, 1952.
Produced by: Will Jamieson. Lighting: H Alyn Lane, Stage Directors : R Parker and W Bruhuber.
Starring Maurice Weightman, Molly Kauffman, Phyllis Taylor, Joyce Scotcher, Rollo Johnson, Will Jamieson, Rupert Bellairs, Ronald Walland, Robin Parker, Douglas Sibbald, John Traylor and B Sismey.
#Antigone (by Wendy Watson and Kenlynn 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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