【實用書籍app】Antigone by Jean Anouilh from L.A. Theatre Works|最夯免費app-綠色工廠好玩App

ANTIGONE (by Jean Anouilh) is presented by L.A. Theatre Works. This standalone audiobook app combines a professional audio recording with supplemental features for download-once, grab-and-go anywhere enjoyment.The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone's faithfulness to her dead brother and his proper burial, and her defiance of the dictator Creon, seals her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre of the resistance and by the Germans as an affirmation of authority.Includes an interview with translator Christopher Nixon and director Brendon Fox.Also includes an interview with Ned Chaillet, a playwright, radio producer and director for the BBC. Chaillet is the former Deputy Drama Critic for the Times of London and the London theatre critic for the Wall Street Journal-Europe. He spoke with us about Antigone in the context of World War Two, the differences bewtween the original myth of Sophocles and the Anouilh version, and Anouilh’s influence on later playwrights.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Jordan Bridges as Haemon and GuardDominic Fumusa as GuardFrancis Guinan as Creon John Hansen as Guard and MessengerAlan Mandell as ChorusElizabeth Marvel as Antigone Alley Mills as NannyMandy Siegfried as IsmeneDirected by Brendon Fox. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.DURATION: About 2 hours.