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Antigone at the Barbican was a 2015 filmed-for-TV version of a production at the Barbican directed by Ivo van Hove; the translation was by Anne Carson and the film starred Juliette Binoche as Antigone and Patrick O'Kane as Kreon. Other TV adaptations of Antigone have starred Irene Worth (1949) and Dorothy Tutin (1959), both broadcast by the BBC.
Antigone in Front of the Dead Polynices by Nikiforos Lytras, National Gallery, Athens, Greece (1865) In her own namesake play, Antigone attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polynices. Oedipus's sons, Eteocles and Polynices, had shared rule jointly until they quarreled, and Eteocles expelled his brother. In Sophocles' account ...
In Greek mythology, Antigona or Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιγόνη meaning 'worthy of one's parents' or 'in place of one's parents') was the name of the following figures: Antigone, daughter of Oedipus. Antigone, daughter of Eurytion and first wife of Peleus. [1] Antigone, daughter of Laomedon. [2]
Antigone of Troy (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη) is a minor figure in Greek mythology. She is the daughter of the Trojan king Laomedon and the sister of Priam. [1] The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus, "worthy of one's parents" or "in place of one's parents ...
I cannot say I thought her trajectory would lead to her playing Sophocles’ Antigone in a Greek ... Review: ‘Antigone’ at Court Theatre has a cast ready to take this play in new directions ...
The Greek mythological character of Antigone (/ æ n ˈ t ɪ ɡ ə n i / ann-TIG-ə-nee; Greek: Ἀντιγόνη), was a Phthian princess who was the daughter of Eurytion, and the wife of Peleus. [1] [AI-generated source?] The meaning of the name is, as in the case of the masculine equivalent Antigonus, "worthy of one's parents" or "in place ...
Antigone (mythology), several characters in Greek mythology Antigone of Epirus (fl. 317–295 BC), daughter of Berenice I of Egypt and wife of Pyrrhus of Epirus; Antigone Foster, Australian singer and songwriter based in the UK, known professionally as Antigone
Antigone bore Pyrrhus two children: a daughter called Olympias and a son called Ptolemy. [13] Antigone possibly died in childbirth, as she seems to have died the same year as her son was born. [14] As a posthumous honour to his first wife, Pyrrhus founded a colony called Antigonia, which he named after her.