The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney, Sophocles

The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone Seamus Heaney, Sophocles ebook
Format: pdf
ISBN: 9780374530075
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page: 88

Sophocles (496-406 B.C.) wrote Antigone no later than 442 B.C. Oct 31, 2013 - The play is “Antigone,” written by Sophocles and translated often in the years since. It was the third in his series of Theban plays. Jan 4, 2007 - A fascinating debate from classical literature that rages on today is the question of who was in the right in Sophocles' Antigone. The brothers Creon ordered that Eteocles be given a proper burial, while the body of Polyneices should be left in the field. Mar 8, 2014 - Upon Oedipus' death it was agreed that Antigone's brothers would take it in turns to rule Thebes, with each of them assuming the throne every other year. Jul 29, 2006 - This is the first indication of the familial or soror bonds that still exist within the Royal House of Thebes. Nov 1, 2005 - The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone by Seamus Heaney (Paperback) drop shipping supplies at wholesale price from United Kingdom wholesale drop shippers. Antigone and Polyneices, 1865, Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904) 2. Antigone's determination to fulfill her familial duty to bury her brother, killed in war, puts her at odds with Creon, the ruler of Thebes. The modern version was written by Jean Anouilh during World War II as a strong but subtle message to French Resistance fighters. Jan 2, 2012 - Sophocles' Antigone. Polynices The new king orders that Eteocles should have an honourable burial, but Polynices should be left to rot, and that anyone who attempts to bury him will be put to death. Dec 1, 2011 - Antigone is buried alive on orders from her uncle Creon—who is also the father of her betrothed—and who belatedly discovers only too clearly the cost of power. The Sophoclean Yet if Sophocles punishes this man who dares defy the rule of god, in Tom Littler's production this is muffled by an attempt to portray two version of a leader without clarifying an internal conflict. Ears in a project that in itself sounds like a game of Consequences: an opera adapted from Heaney's The Burial at Thebes, a version of Sophocles' Antigone, to be directed by Walcott and staged at Shakespeare's Globe. Jun 25, 2011 - Antigone has undergone many successful adaptations in the UK- from Royal Shakespeare Company through to Declan Donnelan- as well as translation- from Seamus Heaney (The Burial at Thebes) through to Timberlake Wertenbaker. The two sisters are the only surviving children of Oedipus and Jocasta. Oct 18, 2007 - Next production from the Richmond Shakespeare Society is The Burial at Thebes, Seamus Heaney's 21st century translation of Sophocles' Antigone. However, when it's Polynices turn, Eteocles refuses to step down. Both Antigone and her uncle, the king of Thebes, Creon, believed that they were doing what was best – Antigone's burial of her brother Polyneices and Creon's refusal to and subsequent condemnation of his niece.