Antigone
Author: Sophocles, ; Varakis, Angie
ISBN: 9780413776044
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Sep 2007
Pages: 128 Format: Paperback / softback
Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation.
This translation by Don Taylor, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986, which he directed.
ISBN: 9780413776044
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Sep 2007
Pages: 128 Format: Paperback / softback
Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation.
This translation by Don Taylor, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986, which he directed.
