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Production

Antigone (1844)

APGRD id
632
Start date
21st March 1844
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
French
Associated ancient works
Antigone (Sophocles)
Scripts:
Antigone (Auguste Vacquerie, Paul Meurice)
APGRD Notes
The 'Mendelssohn Antigone', first produced in German in Potsdam in 1841 (ID 631), inspired productions in Paris in 1844 (ID 632), in London in 1845 (ID 563), and in Dublin, Edinburgh and New York in 1845 (see ID 8273). Online iconography is available on Gallica: Créon mourning on Hémon's body with sketches of costumes http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8402777n and performance poster http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8436592q (20/04/2012).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/632
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