by Jean Anouilh · Chambers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780245521218
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«Antigone» is the tragedy by Jean Anouilh, published by Chambers in paperback (109 pages, in English).
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, defies the decree of Creon, king of Thebes, which forbids burying her brother Polynices. Anouilh rewrites Sophocles'同名 tragedy to explore individual conscience against the law of the state, with morality, justice and resistance as the axes of the conflict between family duty and political power.
English edition of the Modern World Literature series, prepared by editor W.M. Landers, professor at King's College London; published in 1961.
Intended for literature students and lovers of classical theatre, and for readers interested in modern adaptations of Greek myths.
Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh was a French dramatist and screenwriter whose career spanned five decades. Though his work ranged from high drama to absurdist farce, Anouilh is best known for his 1944 production of Sophocles' Antigone, which, though performed without objection by censors, was nevertheless seen as an attack on Marshal Pétain's Vichy government. His plays are less experimental than those of his contemporaries, having clearly organized plot and eloquent dialogue. One of France's most prolific writers after World War II, much of Anouilh's work deals with themes of maintaining integrity in a world of moral compromise.
