Antigone

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Antigone is a play by Jean Cocteau, written in Paris in 1922.

It is based entirely on a theme already treated by the mythological playwright Greek Sophocles the Vth century BC. and frequently repeated since. Modern but more traditional than those that proposed Jean Anouilh in 1944, the Antigone of Cocteau emphasizes the author's fondness for mythological subjects (in 1934 appeared The Infernal Machine). The tragic spirit given to Sophocles' play is also found there, along with all the characters as described in all their insidious evil.

Antonin Artaud played the role of Tiresias, and the piece is dedicated to Genica Athanasiou, which was assigned the leading role.

Adaptations to television

• 1967 : Antigone (by Jean Cocteau, after Sophocles), TV movie by Jean-Claude de Nesle