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20th - 29th October 2017 | Maribor, Slovenia

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Sophocles

Antigone

SNT Drama Ljubljana

Première 28 January 2017, Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
Running time 1 hour 10 minutes. No interval.

Original title Αντιγόνη

Director Eduard Miler
Translator Kajetan Gantar
Author of adaptation and dramaturg Žanina Mirčevska
Set designer Branko Hojnik
Costume designer Jelena Proković
Composer Damir Avdić
Music selector Eduard Miler
Lighting designer Andrej Hajdinjak
Video designer Atej Tutta
Language consultant Jože Faganel
Assistant costume designer Neli Štrukelj

Cast
Antigone Nina Ivanišin
Creon Jurij Zrnec
Ismene Iva Babić
Haemon Nik Škrlec
Tiresias Saša Pavček
Guard Vanja Plut
Chorus Damir Avdić

Antigone ranks as the second most important of the seven preserved tragedies by Sophocles, just after Oedipus the King. Antigone unquestionably deserves to be staged again and again in various moments of time. The play owes its lasting appeal to its remarkable characters, especially the title character of Antigone, as well as to its classic structure, and the questions it raises and the answers it gives. What is even more striking are the answers sought after in Antigone’s stagings by the respective dramaturgs and directors: the relationship between the written and unwritten laws, the scope of basic human rights (including the rights of the corpses), the power of argument and the argument of force ...

As a rebel, Antigone demonstrates her personal attitude in defiance of a state edict. She is fully aware of the consequences of her action and the risks it entails. Is her dead brother’s right to a burial really the motivation for her action? If Antigone is only after carrying out funeral rites to enable his soul to go yonder, why does she insist on burying his body twice? The very fact that the rites are performed twice, opens up other interpretations.

Antigone <em>Photo: Peter Uhan</em>
Photo: Peter Uhan
Antigone <em>Photo: Peter Uhan</em>
Photo: Peter Uhan
Antigone <em>Photo: Peter Uhan</em>
Photo: Peter Uhan
Antigone <em>Photo: Peter Uhan</em>
Photo: Peter Uhan

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