antigone
Tue, 27 Aug 2002, 08:48 amWalter Plinge6 posts in thread
antigone
Tue, 27 Aug 2002, 08:48 ami'm wondering if anyone went to see Antigone, i auditioned for it but was away and couldn't see it, how was it?
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Re: antigone's antithesis
Wed, 28 Aug 2002, 09:16 pmalison wrote:
> Standout performance was Rentato Someone as Haemon, all I can say is 'wow'...
Renato Fabretti, currently studying at Hayman Theatre, played Haemon. (very well!)
> Main criticism would be that they completely lost the idea of
> Ismene as a foil for Antigone's strongness and opinionated
> nature: Ismene is designed to be weak, the "perfect woman",
> to be swayed easily, to be scared and afraid and gutless - I
> hardly saw any of this, which meant that the relationship
> between Antigone and Ismene wasnt as contrasting as it could
> have been (was meant to be?)
>
Interesting & valid criticism. You're probably right that the character of Ismene was written to be a weak contrast. (Although maybe then she should've been named "Antithesis"?)
I think it was an interesting choice to have both sisters shown as reasonably strong, partly because it's great to see strong female characters in a classical (usually male-dominated) play, and especially strong YOUNG females making decisions - terrific rolemodels for the BSX cast and audiences.
And partly because (I've not seen the play before, to know any better) it worked for me just like it was. Portraying Ismene as reasonably strong willed, but just not able to go as far as Antigone, only made Antigone seem even braver. If Ismene was played as "gutless", then there would've been little surprise for me to find Antigone stronger, and the events may have been more predictable.
>
> My only question now is: what ARE they going to do with 27
> tonnes of salt???
...Especially since the cast are too young to drink Margheritas?
Cheers,
Craig
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> Standout performance was Rentato Someone as Haemon, all I can say is 'wow'...
Renato Fabretti, currently studying at Hayman Theatre, played Haemon. (very well!)
> Main criticism would be that they completely lost the idea of
> Ismene as a foil for Antigone's strongness and opinionated
> nature: Ismene is designed to be weak, the "perfect woman",
> to be swayed easily, to be scared and afraid and gutless - I
> hardly saw any of this, which meant that the relationship
> between Antigone and Ismene wasnt as contrasting as it could
> have been (was meant to be?)
>
Interesting & valid criticism. You're probably right that the character of Ismene was written to be a weak contrast. (Although maybe then she should've been named "Antithesis"?)
I think it was an interesting choice to have both sisters shown as reasonably strong, partly because it's great to see strong female characters in a classical (usually male-dominated) play, and especially strong YOUNG females making decisions - terrific rolemodels for the BSX cast and audiences.
And partly because (I've not seen the play before, to know any better) it worked for me just like it was. Portraying Ismene as reasonably strong willed, but just not able to go as far as Antigone, only made Antigone seem even braver. If Ismene was played as "gutless", then there would've been little surprise for me to find Antigone stronger, and the events may have been more predictable.
>
> My only question now is: what ARE they going to do with 27
> tonnes of salt???
...Especially since the cast are too young to drink Margheritas?
Cheers,
Craig
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