Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage

Antigone on the Contemporary World Stage is the first book to analyse what happens to Sophocles'' play as it is adapted and (re)produced around the world and the first to focus specifically on Antigone in performance. The essays by an international gathering of noted scholars from a wide range of disciplines highlight the numerous ways in which social political historical and cultural contexts transform the material how artists and audiences in diverse societies including Argentina The Congo Finland Haiti India Japan and the United States interact with it and the variety of issues it has been used to address.