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Journal Article
Intercultural Adaptations of Sophocles’ Antigone: Antigone Mania by Rabijita Gogoi
2025
Overview
Among the recent adaptations of Sophocles’ Antigone is Antigone Mania, an Assamese language production directed by Rabijita Gogoi and presented by Jirsong Theatre of Assam in Northeast India. The cultural disparities between Eastern and Western contexts lead to significant modifications in the depiction of conflicts and characterization from the original play. Consequently, Antigone Mania transcends a mere translation of Sophocles’ text, emerging instead as a distinctive creative reinterpretation replete with innovative possibilities. This essay examines how director Rabijita Gogoi has reshaped Sophocles’ original work through her unique performance praxis, resulting in a contemporary text that speaks to current social and cultural dynamics. Long before Gogoi’s rendition, Prafulladatta Goswami and Satya Prasad Barua had adapted Sophocles’ Antigone into Assamese. This essay provides a comparative analysis of Sophocles’ Antigone and adaptations by Rabijita Gogoi, Prafulladatta Goswami, and Satya Prasad Barua, emphasizing the theme of interculturalism and the varying interpretations that arise from different cultural contexts.
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International Association of Theater Critics
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