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Antígona / Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 [Sophocles' Antigone based on Hölderlin's translation for the stage, adapted by Brecht in 1948] (1992)

APGRD id
2786
Start date
2nd September 1992
Production Media
Film
Languages
German
Associated ancient works
Antigone (Sophocles)
Scripts:
Antigone (Bertolt Brecht, Caspar Neher (1897-1962) AKA born Rudolf Ludwig Caspar Neher, Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) AKA Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin)
Companies
APGRD Notes
Huillet and Straub had directed this play for the stage in 1991 (see ID 5785).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/2786
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Person Credit Notes
Bertolt Brecht Writer
Astrid Ofner Actor Antigone
Werner Rehm Actor Creon
Michael Gielen Conductor
Michael König Actor Messenger
Danièle E. Huillet Director
Danièle E. Huillet Translator French translation of Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of Hölderlin's translation
Jean-Marie Straub Director
Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) AKA Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin Writer
Ursula Ofner Actor Ismene
Hans Diehl (1940-) Actor Chorus Member
Kurt Radeke (1924-2017) Actor Chorus Member
Michael Maassen (1942-2002) Actor Chorus Member
Rainer Philippi Actor Chorus Member
Lars Studer Actor Guard
Stephan Wolf-Schönburg Actor Haemon
Albert Hetterle (1918-2006) Actor Tiresias
Mario di Mattia Actor Boy
Libgart Schwarz (1941-) Actor Messenger
Bernd Alois Zimmermann (1918-1970) Composer Film uses an excerpt of his "Musique pour les soupers du Roi Ubu" (1968)
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