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Antigone

Written by
Sophocles
and
Timberlake Wertenbaker

Translated by
Timberlake Wertenbaker

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Timberlake Wertenbaker ~playauthor~Translated by~ Timberlake Wertenbaker

Faber and Faber, 1998

Faber Drama

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Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (10), Female (4), Male (5), Unassigned (1)

...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...

Antigone

Written by
Sophocles
and
Don Taylor

Translated by
Don Taylor

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Don Taylor ~playauthor~Translated by~ Don Taylor

Methuen Drama, 2012

Modern Plays

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Roles: Total (13), Female (3), Male (10), Unassigned (0)

...In his Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama, Kenneth McLeish writes: “Antigone is a textbook example of how to develop one short episode from a myth-story to make a full-scale tragedy articulating universal themes and meanings… The fact...

Electra

Written by
Sophocles
and
Kenneth McLeish

Translated by
Kenneth McLeish

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Kenneth McLeish ~playauthor~Translated by~ Kenneth McLeish

Methuen Drama, 1990

Classical Dramatists

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Roles: Total (9), Female (3), Male (6), Unassigned (0)

...Electra is a story of revenge, of children on their mother, and the grief and fury of a woman when her filial duties are split down the middle. When the victorious King Agamemnon returns from Troy, carting his new mistress...

Electra

Written by
Sophocles
and
Frank McGuinness

Translated by
Frank McGuinness

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Frank McGuinness ~playauthor~Translated by~ Frank McGuinness

Faber and Faber, 2014

Faber Drama

playtext

Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)

...Locked into a bloody cycle of murder and reprisal, Electra, haunted by her father’s assassination, is consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance. When her brother Orestes at last returns, she urges him to a savage and terrifying...

Oedipus

Written by
Sophocles
and
Frank McGuinness

Translated by
Frank McGuinness

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Frank McGuinness ~playauthor~Translated by~ Frank McGuinness

Faber and Faber, 2008

Faber Drama

playtext

Roles: Total (10), Female (1), Male (7), Unassigned (2)

...God is on fire – his fever is plague. All that was sweet is spilt and gone. The people of Thebes look to Oedipus to lift a terrible curse from them and their city....

Oedipus at Kolonos

Written by
Sophocles
and
Timberlake Wertenbaker

Translated by
Timberlake Wertenbaker

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Timberlake Wertenbaker ~playauthor~Translated by~ Timberlake Wertenbaker

Faber and Faber, 1998

Faber Drama

playtext

Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (9), Female (2), Male (6), Unassigned (1)

...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...

Oedipus Tyrannos

Written by
Sophocles
and
Timberlake Wertenbaker

Translated by
Timberlake Wertenbaker

~playauthor~Written by~ Sophocles , Timberlake Wertenbaker ~playauthor~Translated by~ Timberlake Wertenbaker

Faber and Faber, 1998

Faber Drama

playtext

Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (10), Female (2), Male (7), Unassigned (1)

...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...

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