Antigone - (Modern Plays) by Sophocles (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The war is over.

The dead have been buried. The traitors have been punished. People feel more alive than they have in a long time. They are ready to start again.

But Antigone is not. She will not move on, and she will not forget. She will drag everyone back if she has to.

Lulu Raczka's searing adaptation of Sophocles' classic text hands the reins to the young women at its heart, creating something messy, irreverent and vital.

Review Quotes

"A resounding shot in the dark" --The Guardian on A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar)

"Intelligent ultra-live production of a chilling, funny, contemporary new play" --The Stage on A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar)

About the Author

Lulu Raczka is an award-winning writer. She is Company Director of Barrel Organ, with whom she worked on her first play Nothing. Nothing was awarded The Sunday Times Playwriting Award as well as the National Student Drama Festival Award for Creative Risk. Some People Talk About Violence, also with Barrel Organ, played at the Edinburgh Fringe, New Diorama and Camden's People Theatre in 2015. In 2016 Lulu's Clytemnestra formed part of the Gate Theatre's Iphigenia Quartet and her play Grey Man was produced as part of the Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival and at Theatre503, London. Lulu's play A Girl in School Uniform (Walks into a Bar) was first produced by West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2017 and at the New Diorama Theatre. Her first original television series, Lena the Psychic, is in development with Expanded Media.