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Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is an Athenian tragedy written by Sophocles in (or before) 441 BC and first performed at the Festival of Dionysus of the same year. It is thought to be the second-oldest surviving play of Sophocles, preceded by Ajax, which was written
Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus King of Thebes, Greece, learns that her two brothers Polyneices and Eteocles have killed each other fighting on different sides of a war. Creon, Antigone's uncle and newly appointed King of Thebes, buries Eteocles, who fought on the Theban side of the war, hailing him as a great hero. He refuses to bury ...
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Creonte, (Italian Creonte) is the first opera by Dmytro Bortnyansky, consisting of two acts (14 and 8 scenes) with a libretto by Marco Coltellini based on Sophocles' tragedy Antigone (441 BCE). The premiere took place in 1776 at the Teatro San Benedetto in Venice.
Antigone appears in the three 5th century BC tragic plays written by Sophocles, known collectively as the three Theban plays, being the protagonist of the eponymous tragedy Antigone. She makes a brief appearance at the end of Aeschylus ' Seven against Thebes , while her story was also the subject of Euripides ' now lost play with the same name .
Antigone, also known as The Antigone of Sophocles, is an adaptation by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of Hölderlin's translation of Sophocles' tragedy. It was first performed at the Chur Stadttheater in Switzerland in 1948, with Brecht's second wife Helene Weigel , in the lead role. [ 1 ]
Antigone" Wednesday Theatre episode: Episode no. Season 2 Episode 31: Directed by: Patrick Barton: Based on: Antigone by Sophocles: Original air dates: 20 July 1966 () (Melbourne) [1] 3 August 1966 (Sydney) [2] [3] 24 August 1966 (Brisbane) [4] Running time: 70 mins: Episode chronology
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