Cyrano de Bergerac/Antigone

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Cyrano de Bergerac/Antigone

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Title: Cyrano de Bergerac/Antigone
Author: Ryan, Damien
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Antigone

Who here can tell what law we owe the dead?

Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, is a child of war. Thousands of years ago she asked a question: What do we do with the body of the enemy, when this enemy is our brother?

Creon, Antigones uncle, is a leader trying to usher in democracy after a brutal civil war. When Creon discovers what Antigone has done, both of them suffer the consequences. Personal conscience is pitted against national law and neither come out clean.

Damien Ryans new adaptation of Sophocles classic takes the conflicts of ancient Thebes and wrenches them passionately into the present. This story of war and its aftermath is a powerful yet vulnerable allegory about one of historys most famous families.

Sport for Joves production of Antigone won seven Sydney Theatre Awards in 2016.

'[Brings the original] whole and unharmed and germane into the now.' Diana Simmonds, StageNoise


Cyrano de Bergerac

It stays with me, one thing my panache!

Cyrano de Bergerac is convinced that his outrageously-sized nose will forever stop him from being loved by Roxane, his intellectual and beautiful friend. But Roxane is in lovewith Christian, a handsome yet inarticulate soldier in Cyranos regiment. Together, Christian and Cyrano make a flawless human.

This epic plot spans a whole war, from Parisian bakeries to the bloody battlefront. Dramatic irony takes centre stage alongside Cyranos sharp wit and painful yearning.

Edmond Rostands original 1890s tragicomic French masterpiece is the unique romance that brought the word panache into the English language. This new adaptation by Damien Ryan brings the action forward to WWI, where Cyrano is a war poet like no other.

Sport for Joves production of Cyrano de Bergerac won three Sydney Theatre Awards in 2013.

A bravura blend of wordplay and swordplay, adventure and romance, humour and heartbreak.' Jason Blake, Sydney Morning Herald

Publisher: Currency Press Pty Ltd
Publication date: 01/06/2017
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781760620868
Publishing status: AU Dropshipping

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Weight 100 g
Dimensions 210 × 137 mm

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