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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage
Erin B. Mee and Helene P. Foley
Abstract
This book analyses what happens to Sophocles' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world, and it focuses specifically on Antigone in performance. The chapters highlight the numerous ways in which social, political, historical, and cultural contexts transform the material; how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina, The Congo, Finland, Haiti, India, Japan, and the United States interact with it; and the variety of issues it has been used to address.
Keywords: Greek tragedy, Antigone, reception, theatre, Sophocles, performance, adaptation, ritual
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2011 | Print ISBN-13: 9780199586196 |
| Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2012 | DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199586196.001.0001 |
