...
Show More
I've been on a sort of theater binge recently, and this one stood out. Its impact and words last way after you're done reading it. For such a short play it packs an enormous punch and shows greek tragedies are still actual if adapted right.
This is the story of the girl who refused. The ugly duckling who stood in front of a king and said no, because if she had to say yes, it wouldn't be a world she wants to live in, and she's ready to put the money where her mouth is.
It's also about a king, frustrated with the limits of his own power and unable to understand principles antigone stands for. Time after time he offers her ways to try and not sentence her to death but time and time again antigone rather stands for her ways.
There comes a time when the king, in an effort to rattle antigone, goes 'the corpse of the brother you so desperately want to bury? It's not even his! So much for your noble effort, antigone.' But this does not shake the foundations of her will to what's right, no matter the consquences.
This is a play about the standing up to the absurdity of might, done btw at a time when france was occupied by the nazis, which in a way is a perfect example of the play's moral.
This is the story of the girl who refused. The ugly duckling who stood in front of a king and said no, because if she had to say yes, it wouldn't be a world she wants to live in, and she's ready to put the money where her mouth is.
It's also about a king, frustrated with the limits of his own power and unable to understand principles antigone stands for. Time after time he offers her ways to try and not sentence her to death but time and time again antigone rather stands for her ways.
There comes a time when the king, in an effort to rattle antigone, goes 'the corpse of the brother you so desperately want to bury? It's not even his! So much for your noble effort, antigone.' But this does not shake the foundations of her will to what's right, no matter the consquences.
This is a play about the standing up to the absurdity of might, done btw at a time when france was occupied by the nazis, which in a way is a perfect example of the play's moral.