Antigone Audiobook (Free)

The body of Polynices, Antigone’s brother, has been ordered to stay unburied by Creon, the brand new king of Thebes. Antigone’s faithfulness to her deceased sibling and his proper burial, and her defiance from the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally stated in Paris during the Nazi job, Anouilh’s Antigone was noticed with the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of expert.

Includes an interview with translator Christopher Nixon and movie director Brendon Fox.

about Antigone

Also includes an interview with Ned Chaillet, a playwright, radio maker and director for the BBC. Chaillet is the previous Deputy Play Critic for the changing times of London and the London theater critic for the Wall structure Street Journal-Europe. He spoke with us about Antigone in the framework of World War Two, the distinctions bewtween the initial misconception of Sophocles and the Anouilh edition, and Anouilh’s influence on afterwards playwrights.

An L.A. Theater Works full-cast performance featuring:

Jordan Bridges while Haemon and Guard

Dominic Fumusa as Guard

Francis Guinan as Creon

John Hansen mainly because Guard and Messenger

Alan Mandell as Chorus

Elizabeth Marvel mainly because Antigone

Alley Mills as Nanny

Mandy Siegfried as Ismene

Directed by Brendon Fox. Documented before a live target audience in the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.