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When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.

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A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight * Arts Desk *

Antigone

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    A Paperback / softback by Anne Carson, Sophocles

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 5 May 2022
      ISBN-13 9781350344396
      978-1350344396
      ISBN-10 1350344397
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      Book Synopsis
      When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. Renowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.

      Trade Review
      A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight * Arts Desk *

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