{"product_id":"sophokles-antigone","title":"Sophokles Antigone","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight\" - \u003ci\u003eArts Desk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen her dead brother is decreed a traitor, Antigone refuses to leave his body unburied. Defying her uncle''s governance she forges ahead with the funeral alone, placing personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson, offers a vivid translation of Sophokles'' tragic masterpiece that was first staged in a ground-breaking production at the Barbican in 2015, directed by Ivo van Hove. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA raw and beautiful adaption, \u003ci\u003eSophokles. Antigone \u003c\/i\u003eis published in Methuen Drama''s Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Laura Jansen.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57487936717173,"sku":"9781350600379","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781350600379.jpg?v=1786355157","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/sophokles-antigone","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}