I have always read the world news. Guess it’s the DNA of being a journalist and I was that for many years. But theatre has been a huge love too. I see world events recurring on stage again and again.. Today I saw it. Some years ago ago I directed the play Antigone, the Greek legend about how a ruler stops the burial of a dead Prince after a war. His mourning sister. Antigone, defies Creon, the ruler and buries her brother. She dies too.
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I revamped the legend to a modern setting and made Vladimir Putin, the ruler. Today the world news is reporting that there is a delay and tension between Russia and Ukraine in exchanging the remains of twelve thousand dead soldiers killed in the conflict. I see the theme of Antigone recurring.
My play MoscowAntigone is on my website.
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