Antigone: In a Version by Bertolt Brecht (Applause Books) - Softcover

Sophocles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0936839252 ISBN 13: 9780936839257

Publisher: UNKNO, 2000

Synopsis

Sophocles, Hölderlin, Brecht, Malina – four major figures in the world's theatre – have all left their imprint on this remarkable dramatic text. Friedrich Hölderlin translated Sophocles into German, Brecht adapted Hölderlin, and now Judith Malina has rendered Brecht's version into a stunning English incarnation. Available for the first time in English.

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About the Author

Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is acknowledged as one of the great dramatists whose plays, work with the Berliner Ensemble and critical writings have had a considerable influence on the theatre. His landmark plays include "The Threepenny Opera", "Fear and Misery of the Third Reich", "The Life of Galileo, " "Mother Courage and Her Children "and "The Caucasian Chalk Circle."

Sophocles (c. 496 BCE-406 BCE) was the second of the three ancient Greek tragedians whose work has survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus and earlier than those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus.

Language Notes

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: German

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0936839252
• ISBN 13: 9780936839257
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 72