This spring Lee University presents Jean Anouilh's Antigone, a modern adaptation of Sophocles' well-known tragedy.  Dr. Mark Burnette is directing the production and the scenic design was created by drama major Hilary Doolittle.  The cast includes Renee Yaddow as Antigone, Josh Hatfield as Creon, Tony Lance as Haemon and Jocelyn Jones as The Chorus. The play will be performed April 20-22 at 7 pm in the Amphitheatre, next to the Dining Hall.  In case of rain, the performance will be moved into the Dixon Center Auditorium. 

The play’s action centers on the conflict between Antigone and her uncle, King Creon.  Creon has publicly declared that Polynices, Antigone’s brother, is to be left rotting in the sun, an example to anyone who would dare break the peace of the city.  Anyone caught defying his decree will die.  Polynices fought to the death with his brother Eteocles, and Creon has arbitrarily decreed that Eteocles is the virtuous brother, worthy of an elaborate funeral, because he felt that he needed, “to make a hero of one of them.”  Antigone believes Polynices deserves a proper burial, and her unwavering conviction and Creon’s unwillingness to change his political stance provide the opposing tensions of a rousing dramatic debate.

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