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TIMELESS ANTIGONE SET IN A LOST WORLD.(TRIAD/STATE)

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From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Date: 19980219
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Byline: Abe D. Jones Jr.

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What: "Antigone" by Sophocles

When: 8 p.m. through Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday

Where: Taylor Theatre, UNCG

Information: 334-4849

THEATER REVIEW

There is no end of variations on the classics. In the last two decades, Triad stages have played Shakespeare in the style of the Beijing Opera and Greek drama in which a spaceship was a key part of the action.

In that tradition, director Be Boyd at UNCG has surrounded Sophocles' tragic heroine, Antigone, with a writhing, dancing chorus, drumbeats, and a setting which has ...

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