Written by Ancient Greek playwright Sophocles in 441 BC, “Antigone” follows a young princess caught between doing what’s right and saving her own life when her brother dies in battle.

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Here, Antigone has no slain brother ... I'd say it's too lean, said Fiona Mountford on the i news site. In Greek tragedy, the endings bring the "purity and clarity" of catharsis.

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As a creative medium, ancient Greek tragedy has had an extraordinarily wide influence: many of the surviving plays are still part of the theatrical repertoire, and texts like Agamemnon, Antigone, and ...

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This course examines ancient Greek tragedy in translation. It looks at the transformation of myth into tragedy in the fifth century BCE and reflects on why these classical dramas remain popular today.

The National last staged a straight Greek tragedy 10 years ago when Carrie ... And now comes Alexander Zeldin’s ice cold take on Sophocles’ Antigone, relocated to a slick soulless modern ...

London is about to be awash with Greek tragedy. Ahead of productions ... Does The Other Place impress the press? Sophocles’ tragedy follows Antigone’s attempts to bury her brother Polynices ...