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Jandrell, Gareth

Thebes

Bloomsbury Academic - Methuen Drama,

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ISBN
9781472570987
Author
Jandrell, Gareth
Pages
136
Publishers
Bloomsbury Academic, Methuen Drama
Keyword
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Languages
German
Binding
Softcover

Description

A contemporary re-working of Sophocles and Aeschylus's tales of Thebes. I mean, what is Thebes? A theocracy? No. A meritocracy? Certainly not. A monarchy? Kind of. A patriarchy? Less and less so. Thebes is many things, and to revolutionise that? Well, how? From Oedipus to Antigone, the story of Thebes remains a fascinating exploration of fate, morality and chaos, two and a half thousand years after the saga was originally written. The first domino falls as Oedipus realises he has unwittingly fulfilled a cruel and unusual prophecy. As control of Thebes is handed to Creon, his sons fight each other for the kingdom and his daughter Antigone is determined to serve the honour of her family to the bitter end. This version weaves together Sophocles and Aeschylus to present the full, visceral and bloody account of the Oedipus dynasty.