In Sophocles’ Antigone, written around 442 BCE, the punishment meted out to the play’s iconic title character—and the tragedy that follows—flow from Antigone’s determination to give her brother ...

Antigone screening and Q&A with director Sophie Deraspe at the Landmark Theater and hosted by The Wrap. “Antigone” writer, director and cinematographer Sophie Deraspe discussed the inspiration for her ...

How lucky was I this Friday the 13th? Much more so than Sophocles’ ANTIGONE. Just as she has for centuries, ANTIGONE is working her way through another version of a doomed demise in David Rush's ...

With three new versions on stage this month, the ancient Greek classic – and its reflections on authority and devotion – remains as compelling as ever This October sees a rash of productions based on ...

‘What’s up, Kreon?” isn’t something you’d hear in Sophocles’ Greek tragedy “Antigone,” written in 440 B.C. But in Anne Carson’s 2015 translation, it’s part of the way she updates the language. It also ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. The few productions of Greek tragedy seen in Melbourne over the past decade were all, despite their faults, more faithful to the original ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony Shalhoub and Susannah Perkins in "Antigone" (Joan Marcus) Because Antigone buries her dead brother, Creon sentences her to ...

Canada's Oscar submission is an intelligent, moving reworking of Sophocles' tragedy, electrified by a breakout turn from star Nahéma Ricci. The very idea of a modern reworking of a classical text ...