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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Antigone
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'Polyneices and Eteocles, two brothers leading opposite sides in Thebes’ civil war, have both been killed in battle. Creon, the new ruler of Thebes, has declared that Eteocles will be honoured and Polyneices disgraced. The rebel brother’s body will not be sanctified by holy rites, and will lay unburied to become the food of carrion animals. Defying Creon’s edict Antigone buries her brother and in so doing unleashes a terrible tragedy.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Based on Antigone by Sophocles; adapted and updated by Eamon Flack.

Production Details

  • Produced at the Subiaco Arts Centre as part of the Perth International Arts Festival, 21 February – 7 March 2009. Director: Matthew Lutton.

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First known date: 2009
    • Strawberry Hills, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Currency Press , 2010 .
      Extent: 82p.
      ISBN: 9780868198804 (pbk.)
      Series: y separately published work icon Currency Classics Currency Press (publisher), Strawberry Hills : Currency Press , 2010- Z1709688 2010 series - publisher drama Currency Classics is a series of Australian adaptations of classic plays.
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Works about this Work

THEATRE REVIEW : Antigone Patricia Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , February 2009;
— Review of Antigone Eamon Flack , 2009 single work drama

'What a great piece of theatre! The adaptation by Eamon Flack retains the power of the original, while making it not so much up to date as timeless.'
THEATRE REVIEW : Antigone Patricia Johnson , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: ArtsHub , February 2009;
— Review of Antigone Eamon Flack , 2009 single work drama

'What a great piece of theatre! The adaptation by Eamon Flack retains the power of the original, while making it not so much up to date as timeless.'
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