Antigone

Informationen zum Autor Sophocles (c.496–405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian. Of his more than 120 plays, only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax , Antigone , Women of Trachis , Oedipus Rex , Electra , Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus . Owen McCafferty is a Belfast-based playwright. His plays include: Quietly (Abbey Theatre, Dublin and Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh Festival, 2013); an adaptation of JP Miller’s Days of Wine and Roses (Donmar Warehouse, London, 2005); Scenes from the Big Picture (National Theatre, London, 2003); Shoot the Crow (Druid, Galway, 1997; Royal Exchange, Manchester, 2003); Mojo Mickybo (Kabosh, Belfast, 1998); No Place Like Home (Tinderbox, Belfast, 2001) and Closing Time (National Theatre, 2002). Scenes from the Big Picture won the John Whiting Award, the Meyer Whitworth Award and the Evening Standard Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright in 2003, making McCafferty the first writer to win all three awards in a single year. Klappentext The ancient story by Sophocles' retold in a modern way by leading Irish playwright! Owen McCafferty. Zusammenfassung A muscular version of Sophocles' timeless masterpiece, offering a profound reflection on the nature of power, democracy and human rights.

Product details

• Authors: Owen McCafferty, Owen Rafferty, Sophocles, Owen Sophocles Mccafferty
• Assisted by: Owen McCafferty (Editor)
• Publisher: Hern, Nick Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2008
• EAN: 9781848420175
• ISBN: 978-1-84842-017-5
• No. of pages: 56
• Series: NHB Modern Plays
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; DRAMA / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Classical texts, Plays, Playscripts, Ancient, classical and medieval texts, Plays, playscripts, drama