Antigone, which is a part of the Three Theban Plays, is a tragedy written by Sophocles, the ancient Greek playwright, sometime in or before 441 BCE. Abbas Abolhasani used the Persian translation to bring Antigone to the amphitheatre of the ministry of culture of Babolsar township in 2011.
Synopsis of Antigone
In a civil war in the city of Thebes, two brothers Eteocles and Polynices fight each other to death. Creon the rulers of the city decides that Eteocles be sanctified and buried with honour while Polynices’s body should be left untouched on the battleground to be devoured by vultures and worms _the highest punishment according to the Theban culture. Antigone, the sister of the dead, stands against the decision of the king and decides to give Polynices a respectful burial. Antigone’s defiance stirs a series of unexpected incidents…
Names and Positions of Cast & Crew
Director: Abbas Abolhasani
Playwright: Sophocles
Cast:
Abbas Abolhasani
Maryam Jabbari
Fateme Valayi
Atena Gholamzadeh
Amir Mohammadzadeh
Mohammad Mirzaei
Sina Alipour
Salar Hoseinpour
Iman Falahatpisheh
Khorshid Vajedi
Maryam Mariji
Abolfazl Kalaei
Milad Sadati
Moein Kazemian
Nastaran Mirsanjari
Iman Asadollahpour
Oveis Rezaei
Peyman Zaheri
Roya Mousavi
Reza Ziatabar
Arman Azizzadeh
Bahram Azizzadeh
Mostafa Taghizadeh
Ali Aboukazempour
Crew:
Stage Designer: Taghi Esfandiar
First Assistant Director: Saeideh Jafari
Second Assistant Director: Hamideh Sadeghzadeh
Light Designer & Production Manager: Iman Falahatpisheh
Costume Designer: Sajedeh Shams / Saeideh Jafari
Graphic Designer: Hamed Barei Tabari
Music: Mohammadreza Sajadi
Make-up: Nasrin Mirsanjari / Sepideh Zeynolabedini
Light Assistant: Reza Mirzaei / Iman Asadollahpour
Photography & Videography: Reza Charamzadeh