Antigone / Sophocles ; translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker.
| Author/creator | Sophocles author. |
| Other author | Wertenbaker, Timberlake translator. |
| Other author | Sophocles |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication | London : Bloomsbury, [2013] |
| Copyright Date | ©2013 |
| Description | 1 online resource |
| Supplemental Content | Drama online |
| Subjects |
| Summary | Oedipus' daughter protests the lack of funeral rites for her brother Polyneikes after his death in the civil war of Thebes, leading to a final tragedy. Timberlake Wertenbaker's translation of Sophocles' trilogy of Theban plays, including 'Oedipus Tyrannos' and 'Oedipus at Kolonos, was premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford upon Avon, in 1991, under the collective title of 'The Thebans'. |
| General note | Previously issued in print: in Oedipus plays. London: Faber, 1992. |
| General note | Translated from the Ancient Greek. |
| Source of description | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 30, 2013). |
| Genre/form | Drama. |
| Standard identifier# | 10.5040/9780571285334.00000034 |