Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was occupied and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime which mirrors the predicament of the French people of the time. Based on Sophocles' ancient Greek tragedy, Antigone which was first performed in Athens in the 5th century BC, its theme was nevertheless topical. For in Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial and her reiterated ""No!"" to the dictator Creon, the French audience saw its own resistance to the German occupation. The Germans allowed the play to be performed presumably because they found Creon's arguments for dictatorship so convincing. The play is regularly performed and studied around the world.
""Anouilh is a poet, but not a poet of words: he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing"" Peter Brook
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR003020364
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Later printing. 7th printing of this paperback edition of the play first performed in 1949. Translated from the French byLewis Galantière. A Methuen Modern Play. Pp 71. A clean, unmarked copy in printed wrappers. Seller Inventory # 93122