Antigone was adapted into a film directed by Dinos Katsourides. Featuring Irene Papas and Manos Katrakis, this Greek-language production includes English subtitles. It was released by Ivy Film in 1962 and is available through Ingram International Films.

Antigone was re-adapted for the stage in 1987 and can be accessed through Films for the Humanities & Sciences.

Antigone: Rites for the Dead is a dance interpretation of Sophocles's tragedy. The filmed version, directed by Amy Greenfield, includes music by Glen Branca, Paul Lemos, Eliot Sharp, Diamanda Galas, and David Van Tiegham. It was released in 1991.

Sources

Beacham, Richard C. "Antigone by Sophocles." The International Dictionary of Theatre, Vol. 1: Plays. Edited by Mark Hawkins-Dady. St. James Press, 1992, pp. 21-3.

Braun, Richard Emil, translator. Introduction. Antigone. By Sophocles. Oxford University Press, 1973, pp. 5, 12.

de Romilly, Jacqueline. "Drama in the Second Half of the Fifth Century: Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes." A Short History of Greek Literature. Translated by Lillian Doherty. University of Chicago Press, 1985, pp. 66-89.

Radford, Colin. "Antigone by Jean Anouilh." The International Dictionary of Theatre, Vol. 1: Plays. Edited by Mark Hawkins-Dady. St. James Press, 1992, pp. 23-4.

Saxonhouse, Arlene W. Fear of Diversity: The Birth of Political Science in Ancient Greek Thought. University of Chicago Press, 1992.

Steiner, George. Antigones. Oxford University Press, 1984.

Further Reading

Des Pres, Terence. "Creon's Decree." Praises and Dispraises. New York: Viking, 1988, pp. 3-16. Des Pres explores Antigone's isolation in the play through a political lens. He references modern retellings of the story by Jean Anouilh and Bertolt Brecht.

Fox, Robin. "The Virgin and the Godfather: Kinship versus the State in Greek Tragedy and After." Anthropology and Literature. Edited by Paul Benson. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993, pp. 107-50. Fox argues from an anthropological perspective that Antigone's conflict revolves around kinship ties rather than contemporary ideas of individuality.

Grey, Wallace. "Antigone." Homer to Joyce. New York: Macmillan, 1985, pp. 59-67. In this concise article, Grey critiques traditional interpretations of Antigone, particularly those emphasizing conflicts between the individual and the state, religion and the state, natural law and the state, and gender dynamics.

Murnaghan, Sheila. "Sophocles, Antigone 904-920 and the Institution of Marriage." American Journal of Philology, Vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 192-207. Murnaghan examines the contentious passage where Antigone declares she would not do for a husband what she does for her father's house. She suggests this statement is rooted in her familial bonds rather than self-sacrifice.

Segal, Charles. "Antigone: Death and Love, Hades and Dionysus." Greek Tragedy. Edited by Erich Segal. Harper & Row, 1983, pp. 167-76. Segal interprets the mythic references to Persephone employed by the chorus to describe Antigone's premature death. He also presents an analysis of the play depicting the heroine confronting the political implications of burial rights.