Antigone, Sophocles
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2020-08-05

A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Antigone (translation by Paul Woodruff, courtesy of Hackett Publishing Company), hosted by Joel Christensen (Brandeis University) with special guests James Collins (University of Sydney) and Paul Woodruff (The University of Texas at Austin). Featured actors include Carlos Bellato, Tim Delap, Tabatha Gayle, Austin Lee, Gryphon Magnus, Evvy Miller, Paul O’Mahony, and Sara Valentine.

Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies (chs.harvard.edu), the Kosmos Society (kosmossociety.chs.harvard.edu/), and Out of Chaos Theatre (out-of-chaos.co.uk). For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

Scene selections:
1-99: Antigone and Ismene
332-581: Chorus, Antigone, Creon, Ismene
631-780: Creon, Haemon, Chorus
781-943: Chorus, Antigone, Creon
1193-1243: Messenger
1261-1353: Creon, Messenger, Chorus

Credits:
Antigone - Tabatha Gayle
Ismene - Evvy Miller
Creon - Tim Delap
Chorus - Sara Valentine, Austin Lee, and Gryphon Magnus
Haemon - Carlos Bellato
Messenger - Paul O’Mahony

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.

Suggested further reading and viewing:
1) "Judith Butler, Antigone's Claim," a lecture by Jill Fellows on Butler’s celebrated interpretation of the play, which includes reflections on Hegel, Lacan and Irigaray:
https://youtu.be/3TlrUcvxnpw

2) "What the Greek tragedy Antigone can teach us about the dangers of extremism" by Elizabeth A. Bobrick in the Conversation:
https://theconversation.com/what-the-greek-tragedy-antigone-can-teach-us-about-the-dangers-of-extremism-114814

3) Cairns, D. 2016. Sophocles: Antigone. London and New York: Bloomsbury.