The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone. Seamus Heaney, Sophocles

The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone


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The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone Seamus Heaney, Sophocles
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Oct 3, 2011 - The foundation of this searing production is Seamus Heaney's lucid and probing adaptation of Sophocles's Antigone. Upon her arrival in Eteocles has been given a proper burial, but Creon, Antigone's uncle who has inherited the throne, has issued a royal edict banning the burial of Polyneices, who he believes was a traitor. Feb 24, 2014 - Bonnie Honig's Antigone Interrupted shows how central Sophocles' play is to recent and current philosophical, political, cultural, psychoanalytical, and gender theory debates in Europe and the USA. Adapted from Sophocles' Antigone by the Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney, it tells this classic story in a modern idiom. Jul 14, 2013 - Antigone, on which The Burial At Thebes is based, is a play about how states infringe on personal liberties in order to ensure that law and order is maintained. From the first moment to the last, director Marcela Lorca keeps Burial at Thebes taut and compelling. Oct 7, 2011 - Of course, The Burial at Thebes is a translation in the most literal sense. Oct 11, 2010 - Heaney's version is entitled The Burial at Thebes. Dec 20, 2013 - SOPHOCLES: Antigone “Antigone and her sister decide to return to Thebes with the intention of helping their brothers, Eteocles and Polyneices, avoid a prophecy that predicts they will kill each other in a battle for the throne of Thebes. Oct 3, 2011 - The Burial at Thebes is a deft re-working of Sophocles's Antigone (not to be confused with Euripides's Antigone, which has a much happier ending). I found this to be a fresh, fast-paced, and a very poetic and lyrical modern translation. Apr 26, 2013 - Similar to the classic Greek text, “The Burial of Thebes” is an adaptation of Sophocles' “Antigone,” which focuses on the conflict between individual rights and claims of the state. The book is not In making parallels between the politics of burial in Athens and in Sophocles' Thebes, Honig does not take into account the oblique uses made of Thebes as a setting in tragedy, as a counter-Athens or Athens-through-a-distorting-mirror. Just prior Creon decrees that Eteocles will have a hero's burial with all honours. Sep 25, 2012 - This play by Sophocles contains 2 strong characters: Antigone and her uncle Creon, former regent and now ruler of Thebes. Oct 4, 2013 - Announcing Pacific University's fall theatre production, The Burial at Thebes, an adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone, written by Seamus Heaney and directed by guest artist Gemma Whelan.





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