2006-12-12 09:00:15 · 5 answers · asked by ititit3 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
Too late to get it done for '06... try for a 2007 version.
2006-12-12 09:03:59 · answer #1 · answered by loon_mallet_wielder 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jean Annuih's adaptation of Antigone from the 40's is still an excellent version of the play and could be set in Irag,
Afghanistan, contemporary America, or perhaps the American Civil war.
2006-12-13 14:12:42 · answer #2 · answered by Steve C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The essence of Antigone is that if you're too obstinate and narrow in your interpretations of what the gods allow, you can be doing the right thing and still be slapped down by the gods for it. It's about the need for compassion. Contrast it with Oedipus, which is about a man who cannot escape the declaration of the gods no matter how hard he tries.
Try setting it with Creon as an evangelical preacher. Depending on how free you're being with your adaptation, treat Antigone's brothers as homosexuals. Antigone gives them some act of support, perhaps just attending their funerals (from AIDS, possibly?) Creon disowns her, and she runs away with her lover (Creon's son) and they kill themselves. His flock is so angry with his lack of compassion that they turn him out.
2006-12-13 13:00:20 · answer #3 · answered by jfengel 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but I've seen a really bad rendition of it set during the Vietnam War.
2006-12-12 17:03:33 · answer #4 · answered by Mandy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try setting it in Iraq, there are parallels
2006-12-13 03:40:51 · answer #5 · answered by rossini 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋