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Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Belinda Davey, Michael Freundt, Jim Danton, John Pratt (?), Amanda Muggleton, Nikolaos Georgiou, Gerard Kennedy, Bruce Kerr, Nadia Tass. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Antigone (1979)

18 April 1979 – 08 May 1979 Playbox Theatre

Hoopla Theatre Foundation,

Theatre - Spoken Word

Produced for final year secondary students studying the play, director Murray Copland transposed the drama from an ancient Theban palace to a Greek taverna, with plenty of dancing, a bouzouki player, and the Chorus adapted into modern Greek song. Daytime performances for students.

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Gerard Kennedy as Creon, Nadia Tass (singer). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Belinda Davey (Ismene/Eurydice), Amanda Muggleton as Antigone. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Gerard Kennedy as Creon, Michael Freundt as Haemon, Amanda Muggleton as Antigone, Jim Danton as the Sentry. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Nadia Tass (singer), Nikolaos Georgiou (musician). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Bruce Kerr as Teiresias, Nadia Tass (singer), Gerard Kennedy as Creon. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Gerard Kennedy as Creon, Nadia Tass (singer). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Belinda Davey (Ismene/Eurydice), Amanda Muggleton as Antigone. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Gerard Kennedy as Creon, Michael Freundt as Haemon, Amanda Muggleton as Antigone, Jim Danton as the Sentry. Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Nadia Tass (singer), Nikolaos Georgiou (musician). Photographer: Jeff Busby

Production still for "Antigone". L-R: Bruce Kerr as Teiresias, Nadia Tass (singer), Gerard Kennedy as Creon. Photographer: Jeff Busby