Antigone at Thebes

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Ben Lehman:
Stage three: Modern.

In this stage, you create one or more modern interpretations of the play, drawing on both the greek and elizabethan traditions.

Possibilities:
A feminist version, circa 1970
A feminist version, circa 2000
A hollywood version, with all the over-acting and fake british accents.
A modern movie genre, such as a rom-com or action movie.
A samurai retelling
An anime series
A shakespeare in the park performance, with all the over-acting and fake british accents
A minimalist experimental theater version
Bollywood Musical

Pick one of these. Pick a scene, discuss it briefly, and play it out. Then, either choose to do a scene from another version, or another scene from the same version. Do this three times.

You're done! Discuss.

yrs--
--Ben

Ben Lehman:
OK, so I still need to do character sheets and flesh out both stages 2 and especially 3.

Here's what a character sheet looks like.

Name: Antigone

Relationships: Daughter of Oedipus, followed him into exile. Brother, possibly lover of Polynieces. Very close sister of Ismene. Sister of Eteocles. Beloved of Haemon.

Nature: Pride. Despite her tainted family background, Antigone has admirably performed her role as the sister-daughter of Oedipus, following him into exile and waiting on him as he died. She acts intensely and without much in the way of forethought or regret, and carries through her actions until the end.

Lines:
"I am a dutiful daughter and a loving sister."
"What business is war to a woman?"
"Do not speak to me of shame, who went into exile went into exile with our father while you remained in Thebes."

yrs--
--Ben

Ben Lehman:
Name: Ismene

Relationships: Daughter of Oedipus, remained behind in Thebes, but was with him at the moment of his death (by coincidence.) Brother, possibly lover of Eteocles. Very close sister of Antigone. Sister of Polynieces'. Friend of Creon.

Nature: Shame. Ismene leads her life in the shadow of her father's sin. She does everything properly, according to the laws of city, and is definitely conservative and a bit of a killjoy. She is full of self-doubt and anxiety, which she projects onto others.

Lines:
"Would you have the city suffer a second time?"
"We will not speak of such things!"
"Please, my sister, I beg you to see reason."

Ben Lehman:
Name: Polynieces

Relationships: Son of Oedipus, remained behind in Thebes to share the throne with Eteocles only to be forced out. Brother, possibly lover, of Antigone. Brother of Eteocles and Ismene. Rival of Creon and Eteocles.

Nature: Pride. Polynieces is decidedly ambitious, wanting to seize the throne of Thebes as his own at any cost. He has organized a group of heroes from around Greece -- the Seven Against Thebes -- to strike at the city and regain his throne or, failing that, to destroy his brother's city. He wants what he wants, and nothing will stand in the way of that.

Lines:
"I would have what I have been cheated of."
"Eteocles will burn, or Thebes will."
"My sister, my beautiful sister, come with me to my camp so that I may keep you safe from harm."

Ben Lehman:
I'm kinda posting up a storm in my own thread here, but I'd really love comments or suggestions from the peanut gallery.

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