Antigonegrasps for relevance

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Original Load Date June 11, 2026, 1:01 p.m.
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Jean Anouilh’s _Antigone_ has a storied past: written and performed in 1944 during the Nazi occupation of Paris, it was a not-very-disguised argument for resistance in the face of tyranny. As the Greek heroine defies King Creon, insisting on burying her brother despite the royal edict against it, so...