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Antigone (Cannon)
Full-Length Play, Satire/Political Satire / 4w, 8m
Bertolt Brecht, Robert Cannon
The classic story, adapted by Brecht and translated by Robert Cannon
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Cast Size
4w, 8m -
Duration
90 minutes -
Target Audience
Adult, Senior, Teen (Age 14-18)
Details
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.
Cast Attributes
Performing Groups
- 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 (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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