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'Antigone' Arrives

A Scene From 'Antigone', To Be Performed At Lane High

The Play Will Be Presented At 8:30 p.m. On Monday, February 17

The first 1969 production of
Jean Anouilh's 'Antigone' will be
presented in the Lane High School
auditorium by the celebrated
Treteau de Paris acting group on
Monday, February 17, at 8:30 p.m.
This event is part of the University's
sesquicentennial celebration,
and is sponsored by the Department
of Romance Languages.

As diametrically opposed as old
and new, ancient and modern,
Antigone and Creon, the two main
characters, represent the contrasting
poles - freedom or power -
pulling at man's soul since the
beginning of time. It is no exaggeration
to say that the play,
originally produced in war-torn
Paris during the Nazi occupation,
remains all too meaningful in
today's world of Hayakawas and
Cleavers, Kings and Johnsons,
Svobodas and Cerniks. Antigone is
the visitor from the Kingdom-of-the-Youth
- intransigent, idealistic,
ready to offer herself to martyrdom
for an absurd, improvised cause.
Creon symbolizes the power, glory,
and burden of Kingship - he is
experienced at 'running things,' he
has brought order where there was
chaos. When these two forces rat,
an idealism which refuses to obey
and a realism which refuses to be
disobeyed, there is bound to be
trouble: 'Le Conflit Dramatique.'

Tickets for 'Antigone' may be
purchased at Newcomb Hall, Cary's
Camera Shop, Noonday Bookstore,
the Department of Romance Languages
in Cabell Hall, and at Lane
on the evening of the performance.
General admission is $3, and $2 for
students with identification. For
reservations and further information
call 924-3471 or 924-3363.

This Sunday, February 16, a
colloquium on 'Antigone' will be
held at 2 p.m. in the South Meeting
Room of Newcomb Hall. Participants
include professors Douglas
Alden, Douglas Day, and Gareth
Schmeling.