A contemporary version of Sophokles' tragedy, translated by T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson into a raw, beautiful and unshakable play.

"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight" - Arts Desk

When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, Antigone refuses to leave his body unburied. Defying her uncle's governance she forges ahead with the funeral alone, placing personal allegiance before politics, a tenacious act that will trigger a cycle of destruction.

T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson, offers a vivid translation of Sophokles' tragic masterpiece that was first staged in a ground-breaking production at the Barbican in 2015, directed by Ivo van Hove.

A raw and beautiful adaption, Sophokles. Antigone is published in Methuen Drama's Modern Classics series, featuring a new introduction by Laura Jansen.

"A marvellous new translation by Anne Carson that crackles with canny colloquialism and insight" - Arts Desk

"Carson has won many awards for her translations of Greek and Latin verse [...] she writes a beautiful choral ode, but comes into her own in these sharp exchanges" - Guardian