![]() ![]() “A sterling production… This is a must-see. “a lean, stalwart play that makes no attempts to muddy or over-complicate the familiar tensions of Sophocles’ tragedy… successfully locates the lasting power in a very familiar story.” –Star Ledger “ Excellent…Mesmerizing” –Wolf Entertainment Guide “The classic conflict between the state and the individual and civil versus religious rights has never been so well articulated… reminds us once again why we keep returning to the Greek well for critical contemplations of universal issues. ![]() “ raw passion…pitiful and affecting” –The New Yorker “the show grabs Heaney’s text by the throat… a fierce bit of bravura language” –Time Out It’s always exciting to listen to… lovely to hear even as it tells a vicious tale.” –The New York Times ![]() “ beautifully spare and potent… The Burial at Thebes barrels toward its conclusion with a brutal certainty. When Creon, King of Thebes, grants burial to one brother but not the other, Antigone’s defiance can only end in ruin. ![]() First written as a response to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, it stands today as a timely reminder of the conflict between the defense of state security and the protection of basic human rights. It is a brilliant contemporary poet’s possession of a classic.Īfter the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been forced onto opposing sides of the battle. Irish Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney’s dazzling adaptation of Antigone brings life and breath to Sophocles. In the wake of a domestic terror attack, Creon becomes king. ![]()
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