{"product_id":"antigone-9781350344396","title":"Antigone","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. Forging ahead with a funeral alone, she places personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRenowned for the revelatory nature of his work, Ivo van Hove first enthralled London audiences with his ground-breaking Roman Tragediesseen at the Barbican in 2009. Drawing on his 'ability to break open texts calcified by tradition' (Guardian), the director now turns to a classic Greek masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Carson\u003c\/b\u003e is a MacArthur Fellow; she has received the Lannan Prize, the T.S Eliot Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Griffin Poetry Prize (twice-awarded), and was an Anna-Maria Kellen Fellow at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany. Anne is currently adapting \u003ci\u003eThe Bakkhai\u003c\/i\u003e for the Almeida. Classic Stage Company in New York has produced Anne Carson's \u003ci\u003eAn Oresteia\u003c\/i\u003e (a trilogy adapted from Aeschylus' \u003ci\u003eAgamemnon\u003c\/i\u003e, Sophokles' \u003ci\u003eElectra\u003c\/i\u003e and Euripides' \u003ci\u003eOrestes\u003c\/i\u003e) in repertory.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50607731900690,"sku":"9781350344396","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9d229c73-b6ff-46cc-8ca5-da068b11037a.jpg?v=1767094029","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/antigone-9781350344396","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}