Antigone (NHB Modern Plays) E-Book

Sophocles

• Herausgeber: Nick Hern Books
• Kategorie: Poesie und Drama
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights. The war has ended, but with peace comes conflict. Antigone's brother Polyneices lies on the battlefield where he fell, his burial outlawed by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Should Antigone obey Creon, or must she follow her conscience and lay her beloved brother to rest? 'Urgent... Barely contained physical aggression... brilliantly immediate' Guardian

Leseprobe

Antigone

Sophocles

in a new version byOwen McCafferty

NICK HERN BOOKS

London

www.nickhernbooks.co.uk

Contents

Title Page

Original Production

Characters

Antigone

About the Author

Copyright and Performing Rights Information

Antigone was first performed in the Ulster Bank Belfast Festival at Queen’s on 24 October 2008, with the following cast:

OLD MAN

Walter McMonagle

ANTIGONE

Katy Ducker

ISMENE

Rosie McClelland

CREON

Ian McElhinney

GUARD

Conor MacNeill

HAEMON

Paul Mallon

TIRESIAS

Harry Towb

YOUNG BOY

Eoin McCafferty/Tom Loane

MESSENGER

Chris Corrigan

EURYDICE

Julia Dearden

SOLDIERS

Cat Barter

Barry Etherson

Matt Faris

Director

Owen McCafferty

Designer

Lorna Ritchie

Costume Designer

Ciaran Bagnall

Lighting Designer

Kevin McCullagh

Characters

OLD MAN

ANTIGONE

ISMENE

CREON

HAEMON

TIRESIAS

EURYDICE

GUARD

MESSENGER

SOLDIERS

YOUNG BOY

Setting

The play takes place in a huge hall within the palace. The palace is in ruins after battle. Part of the hall is being used as a makeshift mortuary. A stack of dead soldiers in body bags. A pile of bloodied swords.

The OLD MAN trails a body bag across the stage then exits. ANTIGONE enters.

ANTIGONE. is there no end to this – every breathing moment – every damn thought – steeped in suffering – has our family not suffered enough – enough sorrow dishonour despair – choked we are – choked with the thoughts of the dead and the sins of the past – and now this – this taunt – creon – the mighty king creon – there is not one single drop of royal blood running through that man’s cowardly veins– he needs to shout louder than the rest of us for fear he might be ignored – proclaim he is the man – i – i daughter of oedipus proclaim – i will not be ignored – my voice will be heard throughout the city of thebes – my suffering and that of my family must end – enough is enough