Twig, a retelling of the Greek tragedy Antigone in gangland Dublin, will screen at this week’s Irish Film Festival London.

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.

Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Herbert Weir Smyth, Ph.D. (Greek) (Aesch. Ag.) Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Robert Browning. (English) Aeschylus. Agamemnon. ed. Herbert Weir ...

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.

A HARROWING Greek tale is given a modern take in the spiritual space of Holy Trinity at the weekend. Jean Anouilh’s version ...

Does tragedy run in the family? That’s the question writer-director Alexander Zeldin takes from his source text, Sophocles’ ...

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 ...

Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC ... His mantle was taken up by the playwrights Sophocles, who wrote Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex; and Euripides, who ...

The dark side of college fraternity life comes to light in this harrowing, well-acted campus drama. By Calum Marsh When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our site ...

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.

CLASSIC Chekhov, Greek tragedy, a 50th anniversary production ... play of the author's Theban trilogy was written around 442 BC. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, faces capital punishment for burying ...

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 ...