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Antigone (Brecht/Malina)

Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire  /  4w, 8m

Bertolt Brecht, Sophocles , Judith Malina

(Applause Books). Sophocles, Holderlin, Brecht, Malina four major figures in the world's theatre have all left their imprint on this remarkable dramatic text. Friedrich Holderlin translated Sophocles into German, Brecht adapted Holderlin, and now Judith Malina has rendered Brecht's version into a stunning English incarnation. Available for the first time in English.

Antigone (Brecht/Malina)

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    4w, 8m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)

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Summary
A prologue set in 1945 Berlin shows two sisters whose brother has deserted from the German army and is found hanged: should they risk being seen by the SS cutting his body down? In the play itself Creon becomes a brutal aggressor, who has attacked Argos for the sake of its iron ore. Tiresias, instead of prophesying the future, becomes a pessimistic analyst of the present; while the chorus of elders, always reserved in its attitude, eventually turns against Creon too. 
Performing Groups

1st Sister

2nd Sister

Antigone

Ismene

Creon

Tiresias

Haemon

Guards

The Elders of Thebes

Messenger

Maids

  • Time Period Contemporary, 1940s/WWII
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Licensing & Materials

  • Minimum Fee: £70 per performance plus VAT when applicable.

Authors

Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956), playwright, poet and director, was born in Augsburg, Germany in February 1898. He established himself as a playwright during the 1920s and early 1930s with plays such as Baal, Man is Man, The Threepenny Opera and The Mother. In 1933, as Hitler came ...
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Sophocles

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Judith Malina

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