Antigone by Sophocles (Unabridged) Antigone by Sophocles (Unabridged)

Antigone by Sophocles (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

Antigone by Sophocles. Translated by Sir George Young. Presented by the Online Stage.

Sophocles (497 BC-406 BC), Aeschylus, and Euripides formed a trio of ancient Greek tragedians whose works represent the foundation of the Western tradition of classic drama. Of the more than 100 plays written by Sophocles, seven have survived to the present day. Perhaps the most famous of these are the three that are now known as the Theban plays: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.

After the death of their father, Oedipus, Antigone and Ismene return to Thebes. The ruler is their unyielding uncle by marriage, Creon, who assumed command after the death of the sons of Oedipus, Eteocles, and Polynices in a fratricidal struggle to take control of the city. Creon has the body of one brother buried with full civic honors but forbids the burial of the body of the other, whom he regards as a traitor. Antigone's challenge to Creon's decree, which she considers unjust, results in the extinction of the family line of Oedipus.

Cast: Libby Stephenson as Antigone, Amanda Friday as Ismene, Alan Weyman as Creon, Marty Kris as First Senator, Peter Tucker as Sentinel, Jennifer Fournier as Haemon, John Burlinson as Tiresias, K. G.Cross as Messenger in Attendance on Creon, Cate Barratt as Eurydice; Chorus performed by Brett Downey, Elizabeth Klett, Ed Humpal, and Cate Barratt; stage directions read by Grace Garrett.

GENRE
Classics
NARRATOR
full cast, Libby Stephenson, Amanda Friday, Alan Weyman, Marty Krz, Cate Barratt, John Burlinson, Elizabeth Klett
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
01:29
hr min
RELEASED
2016
June 24
PUBLISHER
Spoken Realms
PRESENTED BY
Audible.com
SIZE
72.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Terp2b ,

Incohesive Production

I appreciate the intent but this production would be better served with stronger actors. The skill and effort put in by each performer varied greatly and the phrasing needs a lot of work. Some character delivery was dead toned and others bordered on the melodramatic. Secondly the sound quality was distracting. It sounded as if each performer had recorded their section independently, in a different location, on different equipment, and then it was spliced together. The whole thing felt disjointed.

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