Antigone
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:29th Apr '21
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's unruly brother, Antigone's anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death: she's to be buried alive. Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams takes Sophocles' play and, by placing it into a contemporary setting, brings this classic tale vividly to life. A timeless story about loyalty and truth, about how we make meaning out of life and death, and what in the end really does matter. Roy Williams's adaptation of Antigone received its world premiere at Derby Theatre, in a co-production between Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal, Stratford East, before going on a national tour. This new, edited edition is published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Plays for Young People series, aimed at 16-18 year olds.
Riotously comic and makes a strong case for its contemporary parallels. * Guardian *
Williams’ transposition works well. For young audiences, all too aware of gang-related killings, it demonstrates vividly that the great classical plays are anything but remote, that the profound questions at their core about human behaviour are still with us — in this case, that revenge, summary justice and unbending codes of honour may seem to offer answers but in fact simply perpetuate grief. * Financial Times *
ISBN: 9781350260849
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 84g
80 pages