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The French playwright Jean Anouilh (1910-1987) was an accomplished craftsman. His plays, from the frivolous and fanciful to the serious, exploit the artificiality of the theater to elucidate his views of the human predicament. Jean Anouilh was born in C&...

ANTIGONE By Sophocles Intar 53 508 W 53rd Street 212.244.0447 Gender-bending Sophocles at a timely political moment With its depiction of a wartime ruler whose unyielding ideology gradually alienates the home front, ultimately leading to his ruin, Sophocles'...

Byline: Jayne Blanchard, THE WASHINGTON TIMES Forum Theatre's production of "Antigone" is a departure for the troupe - no technological wizardry or use of mixed media, no stylized choreography. The company's usual striking visuals and nonlinear storytelling are missed in a stiff...

Only live to a great age and you can become a hero. For much of his life, I.F. Stone was a marginal figure in American journalism, neither persecuted nor impoverished but sometimes harassed by the government and ignored by the respectable press. By the time...

Only live to a great age and you can become a hero. For much of his life, I.F. Stone was a marginal figure in American journalism, neither persecuted nor impoverished but sometimes harassed by the government and ignored by the respectable press. By the time...

In the following essay, Howarth provides a close reading of Antigone and surveys critical and popular reaction to the play.

In the essay below, Nazareth compares Anouilh's Antigone to Sophocles' drama of the same name.

In the following essay, Spingler asserts that Anouilh's use of the chorus in Antigone functions to “establish the play's essential theatricality” and reinforce his perception of romantic theatrical techniques.