{"id":2709,"date":"2009-12-30T03:12:21","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T10:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=2709"},"modified":"2009-12-30T14:57:58","modified_gmt":"2009-12-30T21:57:58","slug":"antigone-challenges-authority-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=2709","title":{"rendered":"Antigone Challenges Authority Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be honest. One of the quickest ways to make someone\u2019s eyes glaze over is to start talking about Greek tragedies.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThat\u2019s part of\u00a0 what makes Another Antigone so exceptional <!--more-->\u2013 it updates a Greek tragedy written more than two and a half thousand years ago by Sophocles in a way that is intelligent and yet accessible and enjoyable to even the most average person.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nCurrently being presented by JEST, the Jerusalem English-Speaking Theater (which would probably appreciate me mentioning here that they have been Jerusalem\u2019s premier English-language theater group for a quarter of a century), Another Antigone is a funny and touching play about a gifted college senior who has to write a paper about a Greek tragedy in order to graduate, but decides instead to create and stage a modern version of Antigone to match her life ideals.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHer stubbornness and unwillingness to compromise (or even follow course requirements) pit Judy Miller (played by Moriyah Shacham) against her professor Henry Harper (portrayed by David Glickman) in a way that turns her into another Antigone, while Harper \u2014 who can rattle off classical witticisms without effort, yet has trouble relating to a modern student \u2014 becomes a Creon figure. The Antigone\/Creon parallels could have been pedantic and tiresome, yet they are achieved in a natural and credible modern university context.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nThe tragic-comic play touches on a range of life issues including prejudice and understanding, anti-Semitism, hubris \u2014 and tragedy, as Professor Harper discovers he has more to lose than he thought.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAbly directed by JEST\u2019s legendary Leah Stoller, the production features excellent performances by all four lead actors, rounded out by Rachel Bachner\u2019s portrayal as Harper\u2019s supervisor Diana Eberhart and Toby Trachtman as Miller\u2019s boyfriend David Appleton.\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nMuch credit goes to the playright and to the theater troupe for making a Greek play that is older than some of the books of the Bible relevant and even captivating to Jerusalem audiences today.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nRecommended.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nKibbutz Ramat Rachel, Jerusalem<br \/>\nThe kibbutz may be reached via bus no. 7<br \/>\nTickets: call JEST at 02 642 0908<br \/>\nPerformances:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday January 14th 8 pm<br \/>\nWednesday January 20th 8pm\u00a0<br \/>\nThursday January 21st 6 pm\u00a0<br \/>\nTuesday February 2nd 8 pm<br \/>\nThursday February 4th 6pm<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Another-Antigone-Jpost02s.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2713\" title=\"Another Antigone-Jpost02s\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Another-Antigone-Jpost02s.jpg\" alt=\"Another Antigone-Jpost02s\" width=\"510\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Another-Antigone-Jpost02s.jpg 510w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Another-Antigone-Jpost02s-300x264.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s be honest. One of the quickest ways to make someone\u2019s eyes glaze over is to start talking about Greek tragedies. \u00a0 That\u2019s part of\u00a0 what makes Another Antigone so exceptional<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theater"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}