Sophocles Antigone_Mittelfest | 15.07.2019

Cividale del friuli, Italy

 

Eteocles fell in battle, defending his city. He is a hero.

Eteocles usurped the throne that was rightfully his brother’s.

Polynices died while fighting against his own homeland. He is a traitor.

Polynices claimed the throne that was rightfully his.

Who is right? Who is wrong?

 

Creon is responsible for the Polis. There is a blind spot in the Polis.

Creon faithfully does what is, by his own declaration, necessary for the restoration of peace and order.

Antigone is responsible for her family and the dead of the family.

Antigone violates the laws of the Polis, causing mayhem and disorder.

Who is right? Who is wrong?

 

Athens prohibits proper burial of the sacrilegious, the traitors, and the suicides.

From just lord and keeper of the law, Creon becomes an obsessive tyrant; his stance precipitates three suicides.

Antigone buries her brother, thus doing what is normally reserved for men.

Creon mourns his son’s dead body, thus doing what is normally reserved for women.

Which one of the two is the tragic character?

 

 

CONTRIBUTORS

 

Translation – Dramaturgy: Nikos A. Panagiotopoulos

Direction: Konstantinos Ntellas

Set design: Andreas Skourtis

Costume design: Konstantina Mardiki

Original music: Alexandros Ktistakis

Lighting design: Panagiotis Lampis

Movement: Androniki Marathaki

Communication: Maria Konstantopoulou

Cast: Konstantinos Ntellas, Fani Panagiotidou, Irini Konstantinou, Despoina Dorina Remediaki, Efthimis Chalkidis, Dimosthenis Xilardistos

Production Design: Konstantinos Sakkas

Production Manager-Coordinator: Maria Vasariotou

Production Management: Delta Pi

 

Ιn the performance participate voluntarily residents from the wider Friuli region in Italy.