Theatre

The Acadia Theatre Company Presents:  ANTIGONE by Jean Anouilh
Directed by Anna Migliarisi
March 6-9 and 14-16, 2013

Performances at 7:30 pm in Lower Denton Hall, Acadia University

“Antigone is right—but Creon is not wrong.” (Albert Camus)

Jean Anouilh’s Antigone is a modern take on Sophocles’ 5^th century tragedy. It’s the end of a savage civil war. Antigone’s brothers Eteocles and Polynices—unlucky children of Oedipus—are both slaughtered vying for power. Their Uncle Creon becomes king. Under his order, Eteocles is given a state funeral, but Polynices’s body is left to rot unburied as a dire warning to would-be traitors.  Polynices’ fate is repugnant to Antigone and she attempts to bury him.  Creon sends her to her death. Whereas in Sophocles, Creon is the cruel autocrat very much at the centre of the story, in Anouilh’s version, Creon is a sensitive and reluctant leader, and Antigone a fierce and complicated heroine. Antigone premiered in German-occupied France at the Théâtre de l’Atelier in Paris in February 1944. It remains one of Anouilh’s most celebrated and most produced works.

Ticket prices:  $12, $10 for students and seniors; $7 for groups of 8 or more.  Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Acadia Box Office, or at the door.

Antigone (Anouilh) is presented by special arrangement with SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.

View Promo Video:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEElG8QqWcs