Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries, including suggestions for discussion and analysis. In addition, numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging and encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Antigone is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation and Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play, commentary alongside translation for easy reference and a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Antigone is aimed primarily at A-level and undergraduate students in the UK, and college students in North America.

 

This book is part of a book series called Cambridge Translations From Greek Drama .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 126 pages in this book. This book was published 2003 by Cambridge University Press .

John Harrison is a well known business studies text book author and is the Overseas Development Officer of the Society of Teachers in Business Education.

This book has the following chapters: Preface; Background to the story; Map of ancient Greece; List of characters; Antigone: translation and commentary; Synopsis of the play; Guide to pronunciation of names; Introduction to the Greek theatre; Time line; Index.