Antigone

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Antigone, also known as The Antigone of Sophocles, is an adaptation by the German dramatist Bertolt Brecht of Hölderlin's translation of Sophocles' tragedy. Written in 1947, it was first performed at the Chur Stadttheater in Switzerland in 1948, with Helene Weigel in the lead role.

Productions

Ratan Thiyam directed a Manipuri language-adaptation of the play in 1986.^[1]

References

• Gabrielle H. Cody; Evert Sprinchorn (2007). The Columbia encyclopedia of modern drama, Volume 2. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-14424-5. http://books.google.com/books?id=aQqOKWmjdQUC&pg=PA1117&dq=%22Shyamanand+Jalan%22&hl=en&ei=PtN0TfiZL8XjrAejtYDSCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=%22Shyamanand%20Jalan%22&f=false. 

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