<strong>Antigone</strong> was originally produced in Paris in 1942 when France was anoccupied nation and part of Hitlers Europe. The play depicts an authoritari... » 

Antigone was originally produced in Paris in 1942 when France was anoccupied nation and part of Hitlers Europe. The play depicts an authoritarianregime and the plays central character the young Antigone mirrored thepredicament of the French people in the grips of tyranny. Based on Sophoclesancient Greek tragedy of the same title which was first performed in Athens inthe 5th century BC the theme of Antigone was nevertheless topical. For inAntigones faithflness to her dead brother and his proper burial and herdefiance of the dictator Creon the French audience saw its own resistance tothe German occupation. The Germans allowed the play to be performed presumablybecause they found Creons arguments for dictatorship so convincing. «