The Last Antigone single work   drama   - 2 Acts
Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 The Last Antigone
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Australia's royal family are in crisis. Socialite recreational drug taking Princess Antigone is forced to beg on the streets with her mad, blind father. She returns back to the palace on news of the deaths of her brothers and tries to inspire her people. A tragic-comedy that is both politically satire and a contemporary take on Sophocle's classic.

Notes

  • Commissioned by the Victorian College of the Arts for the year 2000 acting students.
  • Cast has been played by eight. Running time approximately two hours.

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