A D E L A I D E U N I V E R S I T Y T H E A T R E G U I L D

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IEAN ANOUILH

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Lewis Galantidre

AT T I IE HUT

2nd SEPIEMBE& 8rd SEPTEMBER, 4th SEFTEMBER and

sth SEPTEMBER, 1952.

A Note on tbe Ploy

Tho band of Fate had been heavy on the family ofCEdipus. AII unknowingly, he bad slain his father andmarried his mother. Then, discovering this, he pluckedout his eyes, and his mother, Jocasta, hanged herself.His curse on his two disobedient sons was fulfflled whenEteocles and Polynices died by each othet's hand, the onedefending, the other attacking, their own city of Thebes.

At this point the play begins. Antigong daughter ofCEdipus, frustrates King Creon's resolve to make anexample of Polynices by refusing his body the sacred ritesof burial.

In precipitating disaster, Antigone is not shown, eitherby Sophocles or by Anouilh, as the sport of a wanton andinexorable Destiny. Her will is free. Be the consequenceswhat they may, she defies an edict which would so terriblycondemn her brothefs spirit to wander in perpetual exilefrom the home of the dead.

Antigone represents the revolt of the individual con-science against tyranny exercised in the alleged interest ofthe all-powerful State.

When Anouilh's play was ffrst performed in February,LgM, rn a Paris occupied by Hitler's Germans, many sawin Antigone a qmbol of the French Resistance.

CAST

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NURSE

ISMENE

HAEMON

CREON

FIRST GUARD (Ionas)

SECOND GUARD

THIRD GUARD

MESSENGER

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SYDNEY DOWNIE. ANNE HADDY

NANCY BASHEER

VALDA FERRISBRIAN FORREST

RON HADDRICK- ALAN LANE

- MURRAY BRIDGLAND

GORDON TROUP

BRIAN SMITHBARRY SYMONS

IRMA DOWNIE

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THE UNIVERSITY THEATRE STAGE GROUP

The Language and the clpthes of the characters inAtr,ouillis ANTIGONE are those of ow modern world,but the action is not represented as taking place in angparticular localitg or period.

Ac c or din glg, the setting is non-r e alistic, unorrwment e d,anil is designed solnlg to enable the charac-ters of theplng to act out their roles on the stage before orn e7es.

UN/ZERSITY T'HEATRE GUILD

The Theatre Guild is a private theatre and adurission to per-

formances is by Members' admission vouchers at the door.

Subscriptions for Full, Half-Season and Undergraduate Membership are

payable to Miss Lower, Secretary to the Guild, c/o Elder Conservitorium,

or at The Hut.

Full cuild Membership for 1952 - Ll/L/-

Ilalf-Season Membership - L2/6

Undergraduate Membership l.0/8

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