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Antigone
Jean Anouilh

March 2016

ANTIGONE - Dolphin theatre - Perth - 11 & 12 March 2016

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The UWA French club and Perth French Theatre are staging ANTIGONE, an adaption based on  Jean Anouilh and Henry Bauchau. 

The performance will be in French with English surtitles. 
9 Australian actors and 3 French.

"Her name is Antigone and she must play her part to the very end..."
Oedipus, king of Thebes, dies in exile and leaves his kingdom to his two sons, Eteocles and Polynices. Unable to share their inheritance, the brothers incite a civil war in which they are both killed by the other's hand. In the days following, Creon, the brother of the incestuous Queen Jocasta, takes the Crown and tries to restore order to Thebes, ordering that his former ally Eteocles receive a state funeral, whilst Polynices' body rots just outside the city walls. Antigone, Oedipus and Jocasta's younger daughter, defies her uncle's orders and sneaks out at night to perform the funeral rites, knowing her act of treason is punishable by death.



"Elle s'appelle Antigone et il va falloir qu'elle joue son rôle jusqu'au bout..."

Oedipe, roi de Thèbes, meurt en exil et laisse son royaume à ses deux fils, Etéocle et Polynice. Incapable de partager leur héritage, les frères provoquent une guerre civile où chacun meurt de la main de l'autre. Pendant les jours suivants, Créon, le frère de Jocaste, la reine incestueuse, prend la Couronne et essaie de restaurer l'ordre dans Thèbes. Il ordonne que son ancien allié Etéocle reçoive des funérailles nationales, et que le corps de Polynice pourrisse en dehors des murailles de la ville. Antigone, la fille cadette d'Oedipe et Jocaste, défie l'ordre de son oncle et fait le mur à la faveur de la nuit pour réaliser les rites funéraires, en sachant que son acte de trahison sera puni de la peine de mort.

Antigone rehearsal - Perth - March 2016



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Past performances - Clic on the poster for photos/videos...
Lysistrata
2015
Antigone
2016
Le Porteur d'histoire
2017
Le Petit Prince
2017
La Dame Blanche
2017
Tempete
2018
Notre Dame de Paris
2018
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
2019

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