Antigone staging of the argument in the play

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Kerry Gibson

Theatre Studies essay                        

1st November 2005

How would you stage the ‘argument/conflict’ scene? Consider what effects you would wish to create for the audience.

This section of Antigone starts with Sentry giving the message to Creon that Antigone has gone against Creons rules and wishes and buried her brother. I think this scene should start with Creon centre stage and Sentry slightly stage right of him. Whilst Sentry tells Creon what he has seen of Antigone, Creon should pace back and forth across the stage with an angry facial expression to show the audience he is angry that Antigone has betrayed his wishes and broken his rules.

       Once Antigone has been wheeled into the scene, I think she should be sitting on a chair, centre stage, facing the audience. I think this because it means that Creon can be standing over her and can walk around her to show the audience he has a higher status than her and that he is in control of her and putting her on the spot to answer his questions. Antigone starts off the scene very confident and laid back about burying her brother and being interrogated by Creon, she should show this by facial expression, showing the audience she is not bothered of what Creon is asking her and sitting up straight in her chair, showing a confident posture. Creons leader who is also in the scene should be standing next to Antigone holding a tight grip of her arm to make sure she does not try to escape; he should stand solid with an overall hard and evil look on his face as though he can’t wait for Creon to say to kill Antigone.

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       I think Antigone should rise out of her chair standing up to Creon on certain lines where she may emphasis some of her words such as when she says ‘And if I am to die before my time I consider that a gain’ as if to say to Creon his sentence for her crime does not bother her. I think Creon should react to her standing up to him by raising his voice and pushing her back down in to the chair.

       I think the chorus should appear to the audience on a different ...

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