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Antigone (Methuen Student Edition)by Jean Anouilh
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Jean Anouilh, one of the foremost French playwrights of the twentieth century, replaced the mundane realist works of the previous era with his innovative dramas, which exploit fantasy, tragic passion, scenic poetry and cosmic leaps in time and space. Antigone, his best-known play, was performed in 1944 in Nazi-controlled Paris and provoked fierce controversy. In defying the tyrant Creon and going to her death, Antigone conveyed to Anouilh's compatriots a covert message of heroic resistance; but the author's characterization of Creon also seemed to exonerate Marshall Ptain and his fellow collaborators. More ambivalent than his ancient model, Sophocles, Anouilh uses Greek myth to explore the disturbing moral dilemmas of our time. "Anouilh is a poet, but not of words: he is a poet of words-acted, of scenes-set, of players-performing."-Peter Brook Synopsis:"Antigone" was originally produced in Paris in 1942, when France was an occupied nation and part of Hitler's Europe. The play depicts an authoritarian regime and the play's central character, the young Antigone, mirrored the predicament of the French people in the grips of tyranny. Synopsis:Authoritative student edition of Anouilh's best-known play, which includes invaluable notes, commentaries and contexts. First performed in Nazi-occupied Paris in 1944, Antigone is both a coded message of resistance and an exploration of disturbing moral dilemmas of our times. This was Methuen's bestselling play of 2002. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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