Antigone /
The third of the three plays of the Oedipus saga, Antigone is perhaps the most easily accessible of all the great classical tragedies, its theme clear and up-to-date: the conflict between moral and political law. Now the tale of Oedipus and his family comes to its end--he, his wife Jocasta, and his...
| Uniform Title: | Theban plays (Television program). |
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
[2004]
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| Series: | Sophocles : the Theban plays (Princeton, N.J.)
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| Summary: | The third of the three plays of the Oedipus saga, Antigone is perhaps the most easily accessible of all the great classical tragedies, its theme clear and up-to-date: the conflict between moral and political law. Now the tale of Oedipus and his family comes to its end--he, his wife Jocasta, and his sons all dead; at the last, his daughter--who stood by her father--is also destroyed. |
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| Item Description: | Originally produced for BBC Television in 1984. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R, NTSC. |
| Production Credits: | Camera supervisor, Dave Mutton ; video-tape editor, Pete Reason ; script editor, Stuart Griffiths ; classical adviser, Geoffrey Lewis ; music composed and conducted by Derek Bourgeois played by the Endymion Ensemble. |
| ISBN: | 9780736560733 0736560734 |