Antigone (Anouilh play)

Antigone was first performed in Paris at the Théâtre de l'Atelier on February 6, 1944, during the Nazi occupation. Produced under Nazi censorship, the play is purposefully ambiguous with regard to the rejection of authority (represented by Antigone) and the acceptance of it (represented by Creon). The parallels to the French Resistance and the Nazi occupation are clear, however. The original cast included Monelle Valentin (Antigone), Jean Davy (Créon), Suzanne Flon (Ismène), and André Le Gall (Hémon); the staging, decor and costumes were by André Barsacq.[http://www.regietheatrale.com/index/index/programmes/programmes.php?recordID=102&Antigone-ANOUILH-1944 Programme for original run of Antigone, 1944] on A.R.T, La Mémoire du théâtre, accessed 3 August 2019.

Antigone received its British première by the Old Vic Theatre Company at the New Theatre, London, on 10 February 1949. The production was produced by Laurence Olivier (who also played the role of Chorus) and had the following cast:Jean Anouilh (1951): Antigone. Methuen & Co Ltd, London. {{ISBN|0-413-30860-X}}.

• Chorus - Laurence Olivier
• Antigone - Vivien Leigh
• Nurse - Eileen Beldon
• Ismene - Meg Maxwell
• Haemon - Dan Cunningham
• Creon - George Relph
• First Guard (Jonas) - Thomas Heathcote
• Second Guard (a Corporal) - Hugh Stewart
• Third Guard - George Cooper
• Messenger - Terence Morgan
• Page - Michael Redington
• Eurydice - Helen Beck

Actress Katharine Cornell produced and starred in a 1946 production at the National Theatre in Washington, D.C.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifVxpwAACAAJ|title=Antigone|date=October 29, 1946|via=Google Books}} Sir Cedric Hardwicke played the role of King Creon. Also performing were Bertha Belmore, Wesley Addy, Ruth Matteson, George Mathews, and Oliver Cliff, and Marlon Brando (as the Messenger), Michael Higgins (The Third Guard). The production was staged by Cornell's husband Guthrie McClintic.Tad Mosel, "Leading Lady: The World and Theatre of Katharine Cornell", Little, Brown & Co., Boston (1978) The translation was by Lewis Galantière.http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/archival/collections/ldpd_4078798/ "Galantiere ... adapted Jean Anouilh's ANTIGONE for Katharine Cornell in 1946" See {{OCLC|762051925}} for the earliest publication. It has since been published many times. In 1959, it was staged at the East 74th Street Theater in Manhattan, New York City.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1959/09/16/88821590.html?pageNumber=46|title=The Theatre: 'Antigone'; Anouilh Play Revived at East 74th Street|work=The New York Times }}

There was an English-language [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1818353/ television production] for the BBC in 1959 starring Dorothy Tutin.

It was filmed for Australian television in 1966.{{cite magazine|magazine=Filmink|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-australian-tv-plays-point-of-departure-and-man-of-destiny/|title=Forgotten Australian TV Plays: Point of Departure and Man of Destiny|date=October 4, 2021|access-date=August 13, 2024}}

In 1974, an American television production of the play, presented on PBS' Great Performances, starred Geneviève Bujold and Stacy Keach.{{Cite AV media| title = Antigone| access-date = 2019-04-07| url = http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201426/}}

There are also English translations by Barbara Bray in 1987Anouilh Plays: One. Antigone. Anouilh, Jean. Trans. Bray, Barbara. Methuen Drama. 1987 ({{ISBN|9780413695406}}) and by Jeremy Sams in 2002.Antigone. Anouilh, Jean. Trans. Jeremy Sams. Samuel French, inc. 2002 {{ISBN|9780573628191}} The Bray translation was adapted for BBC Radio 3 in 2024, with Rosy McEwen as Antigone and Sean Bean as Creon.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, Antigone by Jean Anouilh |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001zgfw |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}

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