ISBN: 1350260851 9781350260856

Category: Performing Arts / Theater / Playwriting

Page count: 80

When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's unruly brother, Antigone's anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death: she's to be buried alive.<br><br>Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams takes Sophocles' play and, by placing it into a contemporary setting, brings this classic tale vividly to life.<br><br>A timeless story about loyalty and truth, about how we make meaning out of life and death, and what in the end really does matter.<br><br>Roy Williams's adaptation of <i>Antigone </i>received its world premiere at Derby Theatre, in a co-production between Pilot Theatre, Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal, Stratford East, before going on a national tour. This new, edited edition is published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Plays for Young People series, aimed at 16-18 year olds.