Sophocles The Theban Plays

THEBAN PLAYS is a contemporary performance based on Sophocles' Oedipus Cycle. The performance focuses on the themes embodied by three characters in the ancient dramas -- Oedipus, Jocasta, and Antigone ...

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“Antigone” is a play with a serious body count. As the third and final volume of Sophocles' Theban plays, “Antigone” begins with the death of two brothers and ends with a triple suicide. “Antigone” is ...

In this needed and highly anticipated new translation of the Theban plays of Sophocles, David R. Slavitt presents a fluid, accessible, and modern version for both longtime admirers of the plays and ...

BBC: New production of Sophocles' Theban plays broadcast across one evening on Radio 3

New production of Sophocles' Theban plays broadcast across one evening on Radio 3

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BroadwayWorld: Video Improvisation to Take the Spotlight in THEBAN PLAYS at the Brick This Winter

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Video Improvisation to Take the Spotlight in THEBAN PLAYS at the Brick This Winter

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Roy Williams' adaptation of Sophocles' Antigone is currently on tour The world Williams’ characters inhabit is very different from the Theban court of Sophocles‘ play. This is Antigone set in an ...

Southern Theatre will present an adaptation of a Greek play tailored to World War II. “Antigone,” originally by Greek playwright Sophocles around 441 BC, was adapted by Jean Anouilh. According to ...

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Bring your walking shoes, bring them again … and bring them a third time as No Exit Productions and Paper Strangers stage Sophocles’ trilogy (“Oedipus Rex,” “Oedipus at Colonus” and “Antigone”) at ...