Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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
Actress Katharine Cornell produced and starred in a 1946 production at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C. [3] Sir Cedric Hardwicke played the role of King Creon. Also performing were Bertha Belmore , Wesley Addy , Ruth Matteson , George Mathews , and Oliver Cliff , and Marlon Brando (as the Messenger), Michael Higgins (The Third Guard).
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 2017, I saw the young Chicago actress Aeriel Williams in “Black Pearl” at the Black Ensemble Theatre, a show about Josephine Baker. I remember thinking she was the kind of phenomenal new ...
Critically acclaimed productions include Sophocles' Antigone on the Olivier Stage at the National Theatre in 2011, Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice for the Royal Shakespeare Company in 2015. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Findlay's production of David Eldridge's new play Beginning opened at the National Theatre in October 2017 and transferred to the ...
National Theatre Live is an initiative operated by the Royal National Theatre in London. It broadcasts live, by satellite, performances of their productions (and those of other theatres) to cinemas and arts centres around the world.
Why National Theatre at Home Is Streaming Michael Sheen Play ‘Nye,’ About Man Who Created The National Health Service, for Free Andrés Buenahora November 7, 2024 at 7:30 AM
The play was first produced at the Abbey Theatre in April 2004 [1] and later adapted as an opera, which premiered at the Globe Theatre in London in 2008, [2] with music by Dominique Le Gendre and libretto by Heaney. It includes a note from the writer comparing Creon with the foreign policies of the Bush administration. [3]