THE UNIVERSITY
OF
BRITISH COLUMBIA
THE DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Programme Note
The ANTIGONE, probably written in 441 B . C . , seems to have been a s highly
regarded by S o p h o c l e s ' contemporaries a s it i s now, since the play w a s reputedly
the c a u s e of h i s appointment a s one of the ten generals of Athens. In fifth-century
Greece, to be a great artist w a s to be considered a great citizen.
The central conflict between Antigone and Creon is a clear but not a simple one.
It involves not only divine v s . human law, but the individual v s . the s t a t e , moral
imperative v s . political n e c e s s i t y , and even romantic v s . r e a l i s t . Nor i s S o p h o c l e s '
resolution of that conflict a pat o n e . To consider Antigone " r i g h t " i s not to
judge Creon merely " w r o n g " . His position, after a l l , i s quite justifiable on numerous grounds. As so often in Greek tragedy, however, the s p e c i a l circumstances
and the particular character of the man unite to destroy him. But b e c a u s e he can
learn and suffer, h e emerges from h i s trial truly a man.
PRESENTS
AS ITS ANNUAL
STUDENT PRODUCTION
Throughout the unfolding catastrophe the Chorus shows u s how we should view
what is happening before our e y e s . At first wary of the concrete power of authority, they move finally to a statement of the bitter l e s s o n Creon h a s s o painfully
learned:
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Ut h a p p i n e s s the crown
And chiefest part
Is wisdom, and to hold
The gods in a w e .
T h i s is the law
That, seeing the stricken heart
Of pride brought down,
We learn when we are old.
BY SOPHOCLES
TRANSLATED BY
E . F . WATLING
Acknowledgements
The Department of Theatre w i s h e s t o acknowledge with gratitude the a s s i s t a n c e
given to the production of " A n t i g o n e " by the many friends of theatre both on
and off the campus
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THE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS OF EXTENSION,
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS, PURCHASING, T R A F F I C ,
AND THE DEPARTMENTS OF CLASSICS AND MUSIC
CAST
in order of appearance
ANTIGONE
ISMENE
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PATRICIA WILSON
.
NORA PRUESSE
CHORUS OF THEBAN ELDERS
. . . TIGER TIMMINS, ELIZABETH CARSON,
MICHAEL J. GUTTERJDGE, DOUGLAS HIGGINS,
PATRICIA LUDWICK, MICHAEL MATTHEWS,
JANET McDONOUGH, ANNA-MAY McKELLAR,
BILL PALMER, SANDI WALTON,
KERRY WHITE, PATRICK WRIGHT
CREON
ALAN SCARFE
SENTRY
. . . . .
HAEMON
SCOTT DOUGLAS
RICHARD DONAT
TEIRESIAS
DALLAS SELMAN
BOY
WAYNE GREENBERG
MESSENGER
EURYDICE
KARL WYLIE
. . . . . . .
ATTENDANT WOMEN
. . .
BARBARA GEDDES
JUDY LEWIS, PENNY MITCHELL,
SHEILA SMYTH, RANDIE WILLIAMS
SOLDIERS
ROBERT ALLEN, SIMON HARGRAVE,
KEN GASS, RICH LANDON,
BRIAN BUECKERT, CHRISTOPHER LAITHWAITE
SCENE: BEFORE THE PALACE AT THEBES
THERE WILL BE ONE INTERMISSION OF FIFTEEN MINUTES
FREDERIC
WOOD
THEATRE
FUTURE
PRODUCTIONS
Directed by Donald Soule
Choreography by Helen Goodwin
Designed by Aristides Gazetas
PRODUCTION
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR & STAGE MANAGER
COSTUME EXECUTION
NORMAN YOUNG
JESSIE RICHARDSON
GERALDINE RICHARDSON
JEAN CAUSEY
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
MAKE-UP
IAN P R A T T
LYNNE DAVIES
BOX OFFICE
Hedda Gabler
by Henrik Ibsen
NOVEMBER 29, 30
DECEMBER 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
Student performance
December 3
MARJORIE FORDHAM
USHERS
PEGGY SAYLE
PRODUCTION
DOROTHY SOMERSET
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
PERCUSSIONIST
KEN MOORE
ARMOUR
WILLIAM KOOCHIN
and students of the
Vancouver School of Art
FEBRUARY 7, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15
Student performance
February 11
Student Committees
ASSISTANT TO THE DIRECTOR
KENNETH DYBA
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGER
RAE ACKERMAN
PROMPTER
LINDA CHOQUETTE
BEARDS
ROBERT GRAHAM
STAGE CREW
The Balcony
by Jean Genet
MARCH 27, 28
APRIL 1, 2, 3, 4
Student performance
March 31
MORRIS ARCHIBALD, SONIA ARNTZEN,
BRIAN B U E C K E R T , KEN GASS,
SIMON HARGRAVE, PENNY MITCHELL,
P E T E R SCHELL, JIM SUTHERLAND ,
WAYNE THOM
COSTUME ASSISTANTS
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.
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GEORGINA DETWILLER, NIRMAL GILL,
PENNY MITCHELL, SIMON HARGRAVE,
and students of the Department of Theatre
Box office for 'Hedda Gabler'
opens November 25 - New
Frederic Wood T h e a t r e
Room 207; Phone 224-1111