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Antigone

This performance report summarizes a production of Antigone by Jean Anouilh, directed by Maria Protopapa. The play was performed at Theatro Texnis in Athens, Greece. Anouilh's version of the Greek tragedy focuses on the conflict between Antigone's moral ideals and Creon's authority. The director emphasized elements of epic theater through interruptions and a metatheatrical framing. Further details are provided on the cast, sets, costumes, lighting, and other production elements, but overall assessment of the performance is not included.

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Antigone

This performance report summarizes a production of Antigone by Jean Anouilh, directed by Maria Protopapa. The play was performed at Theatro Texnis in Athens, Greece. Anouilh's version of the Greek tragedy focuses on the conflict between Antigone's moral ideals and Creon's authority. The director emphasized elements of epic theater through interruptions and a metatheatrical framing. Further details are provided on the cast, sets, costumes, lighting, and other production elements, but overall assessment of the performance is not included.

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DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

PERFORMANCE REPORT

Student Name:

SECTION A: Text & Writer

PERFORMANCE NAME: Antigone

PLAYWRIGHT:

PLAYWRIGHT’S LIFE / Started age 12 staudied law but quited after year and half and
WORK: then got a job as a secretary for director Louis jouvet . they fought
and he left and stopped writing fr long time. Through jouvet he
came close to theatre and been exposed to work o ziranto. He
was always involved with productions of his text and eventually
became a director.
Very secluded private life.
Married twice
One daughter Kathrine actress.
Broke the tradition of realsims
He recognized the value of poetry,illusion ,and fanstasy.
Rejected realism in favor of theatricalism.
Man and woman faing the loss of priviledged world of childhood.
Some of characters accept the inevitable some live in lies, others
reject any tampering with ideals.
Technique characteristic play within a play
Also flashback or forwards.
He grouped his plays on the basis of tone they had (pink-comedy
fantasy, black- tragedies, brilliant-black plays with bitter humor,
costumed-plays of historical characters, baroque period,
“myfails”period )
His characteristic heroes are rebels revolting in an inner ideal of
purity against compromise of their families social position or their
own pasta.
Often intergrated a lot of choreography in his plays
Happy resolutions in the pink period are like fairytales
He also wrote for film and tv.
He got an award (el prix mondeal sceno de duca)
DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

During the pperdiod of the black plays the themes are very much
related to the work of existentialist writers.
He influenced a lot the theatre of the absurd despite him
personally not writing for the theatre of the absurd.
He wrote 41 plays
45 scripts

PLAYWRIGHT’S MAJOR

WORKS:

DESCRIPTION: Wrote Antigone as a critique to the French resistance ( Antigone)


while kreon represented those who sided whit the nazi occupiers.

In contrast with Sophocles there is no restore of balance


Its full of ambiguity.
Because they are both right in their own way(tragedy element)
No Tiresias , no chorus and adds a nany
The main interest comes when he wants to overlook the offense
of Antigone and anitgone refuses to removed the concequences
of her actions
Noble cause of Antigone is undermined.

GENRE & STYLE: Tragedy

Acceptance and rejection of authority, issues of power, corruption


MAJOR THEMES:
idealism vs realism or inner morality vs rationality, individual vs
society , purity and idealism of the young vs capitulation and
compromise of the older. Nature of tragedy. Elements of Self
reflection of theatre or theatricalism.
DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

Sources:
DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

SECTION B: The performance

DIRECTOR: Maria protopapa

NOTES ON DIRECTING:

PERFORMANCE
Tragedy, Epic theatre (play within the play)
THEMES:
Stamata ksekina elements of epic theatre/ interruptions apart
form the ones of the director

CAST (major

characters):

ACTING NOTES:

SET DESIGNER:

SET DESIGN NOTES:

COSTUME DESIGNER:

COSTUMES NOTES:
DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

LIGHTING DESIGNER:

LIGHTING DESIGN
NOTES:

MUSIC & SOUNDS:

MUSIC / SOUND

NOTES:

VIDEO:

VIDEO NOTES: (IF ANY)

PRODUCTION
COMPANY:
PRODUCTION

COMPANY info:

VENUE:

Theatro texnis
VENUE
Karalos koun
CHARACTERISTICS:
Art house

frinichou stage

thrust stage

close proximity
DR 2126 PERFORMANCE IN ATHENS – Spring 2022

center of athens

small to medium size

(Voice briefly your overall opinion and justify. What worked


and what didn’t work, Great / OK / Not so great / didn’t like it at all
OVERALL: because …………)

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