Antigone: Tragedy after Sophocles: by Roland Schimmelpfennig

The war between the brothers Polynices and Eteocles leads to a deep division in Thebes. King Creon refuses to grant the fallen Polynices a proper burial, prompting Antigone to defy the law and pay her brother the last respects. Conflict and violence not only shake the battlefield but also the moral foundations of a patriarchal society. Antigone's act of resistance, punishable by death, shakes the authoritarian system to its core. With his first p...