The Antigone of Sophocles / Bertolt Brecht ; translated by David Constantine.

Author/creator Brecht, Bertolt author.
Other author Constantine, David, 1944- translator.
Other author Sophocles.
Other author Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956
Format Electronic
PublicationLondon : Bloomsbury, [2013]
Copyright Date©2013
Description1 online resource
Supplemental ContentDrama online

Uniform titleAntigone des Sophokles. English
Summary A prologue set in Berlin of 1945 shows two sisters whose brother has deserted from the German army and is found hanged: should they risk being seen by the SS cutting his body down? In the play itself Creon becomes a brutal aggressor who has attacked Argos for the sake of its iron ore; Polyneikes deserts in protest against this war which has killed his brother; and Antigone is partly moved by a like disapproval of her uncle's policy. 'The Antigone of Sophocles' was conceived as a new experiment in the epic theatre, and is linguistically an extraordinary composition. It was first produced in February 1948.
General notePreviously issued in print: in Collected plays eight. London: Methuen Drama, 2004.
General noteTranslated from the German.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 28, 2013).
Genre/formDrama.
Standard identifier# 10.5040/9781408168677.00000007

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available