Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage

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Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage
Author : Erin B. Mee
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Language : English
Release Date : 16 June 2011
ISBN : 9780199586196
Pages : 492 pages
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Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.

Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage

Sophocles' Antigone has been staged all over the world, and many of these productions have reconceived and remade the play to address local issues and concerns. This collection of essays explores the play's reception in numerous countries, as diverse as The Congo and Australia, Argentina and Japan.

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