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From: Birmingham Mail (England)
Date: 20070207
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A THEATRE group is visiting Halesowen College to perform Antigone by Sophocles.

Splendid Productions will perform at the Whittingham Road campus's drama studio on Friday.

Head of A-level drama studies Ravinder Jhite . said: "Antigone is the final instalment of Sophocles' tragic trilogy of the house of Laius, the legendary king of Thebes and details the dramatic death of Antigone, the daughter and sister of cursed Oedipus.

"This is the group's third visit to College, and the production will use the theatrical methods of Bertolt Brecht which will be followed by ...

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