When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.
ISBN: | 9781350344396 |
Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) |
Imprint: | Bloomsbury Methuen Drama |
Published date: | 05 May 2022 |
DEWEY: | 882.01 |
DEWEY edition: | 23 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 56 . |
Weight: | 68g |
Height: | 188mm |
Width: | 48mm |
Spine width: | 5mm |