Track | Section | Reader(s) | Duration |
1 | 1 - Antigone Dramatic version Part 1 | Cast | 42:13:00 |
2 | 2 - Antigone Dramatic version Part 2 | Cast | 31:52:00 |
3 | 3 - Antigone Solo version Part I | Expatriate | 27:10:00 |
4 | 4 - Antigone Solo version Part II | Expatriate | 24:57:00 |
5 | 5 - Antigone Solo version Part III | Expatriate | 27:10:00 |
Notes & Credits
Version 1
Cast:
Antigone: Elizabeth Klett
Ismene: Arielle Lipshaw
Creon: Bruce Pirie
Haemon: mb
Eurydice: Lucy Perry
Tiresias: Martin Geeson
Guard: Algy Pug
Chorus, Second Messenger: Lars Rolander
Messenger: David Goldfarb
Narrator: David Lawrence
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
Production:
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Version 2
Production:
Book Coordinator: Expatriate
Meta Coordinator: Annise
Proof Listener: DaveC
Artwork
Cover: "Oepidus and Antigone", 1842, by Charles Jalabert
Inset: Bust of the head of Sophocles, Roman copy of Greek original, Firchburg Museum of Art. Photo by Daderot.
Insert: Oedipe conduit par Antigone, 1828, by Antoni Brodowski
Antigone is the third and last of Sophocles’ Theban plays based on the legend of Oedipus and Jocasta. We begin after the death of Oedipus as his two sons Eteocles and Polynices wage a civil war for the kingship. Both die in battle and Creon, their successor, rules that the King Eteocles will be buried and Polynices, challenger to the throne, will be left to rot on the battlefield. Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, defies Creon’s order to give her brother a proper burial. She is caught and condemned to be buried alive. Her fiancé, Creon’s son Haemon, tries to dissuade his father, to no avail. The blind prophet Tiresias appears and reports that the gods are not happy. He eventually persuades Creon that the gods want Polynices buried and that all of Greece will despise Creon if he persists. He relents, but too late. Antigone has hung herself; Haemon found her and killed himself; Creon’s wife did the same when she learned about her son. The play is a model of classic Greek tragedy and raises issues of law and morality that resonate today after over two thousand years.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0682550991023 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550991740 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Box |
Author | Sophocles (c. 496/496 BC – c. 406/405 BC) |
Translator | Version 1 - Translated by Francis Storr. Version 2 - Translated by Edward Hayes Plumptre. |
Year | Written on or before 441 BC |
Recording | |
Read by | Version 1 read by cast. Version 2 read by expatriate. |
Length | Version 1 - 1 hour 14 minutes. Version 2 - 1 hour 19 minutes. |
Type of Reading | Version 1 - Dramatic reading. Version 2 - Solo reading. |
Antigone
- Author: Sophocles
- Product Code: DB-1288
- Availability: In Stock
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