The Chilean Antigones: rewritings of the myth in contemporary Chilean theater (2000-2010)

Abstract

This paper is part of a research on the use and rewriting of Greek myths in Chilean drama in the 1990s and 2000s. In this period there is a notable increase in the theatrical reworking of the Greek legacy. In 2001 the first Chilean adaptation of the myth was written and premiered: Antígona, (historia de objetos perdidos) by Daniela Cápona. A few years later, El thriller de Antígona and Hnos. S.A. La maldición de la sangre Labdácida by Ana López Montaner and Antígona en el espejo by Juan Carlos Villavicencio were released. Thus, the purpose of this work will be to offer a first approach to the three plays, framing their reading and analysis within the tradition of Latin American Antigones.