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The Antigone of Sophocles / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by David Constantine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956, author.
- Standardized Title:
- Antigone des Sophokles. English
- Language:
- English
- German
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, [2013]
- Summary:
- A prologue set in Berlin of 1945 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; Polyneikes deserts in protest against this war which has killed his brother; and Antigone is partly moved by a like disapproval of her uncle's policy. 'The Antigone of Sophocles' was conceived as a new experiment in the epic theatre, and is linguistically an extraordinary composition. It was first produced in February 1948.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: in Collected plays eight. London: Methuen Drama, 2004.
- Translated from the German.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2013).
- OCLC:
- 879714519
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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