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Disobedience - Antigone in Uruguay

Marcus SchlenchFebruary 11, 2012

State power and civil disobedience in the theater, put on stage by a German director. Volker Lösch, who grew up in Uruguay, combines the ancient Greek tragedy of the rebellious Antigone with part of this small South American country's recent history, the military dictatorship from 1973 to 1985.

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Victims from that period are beginning to speak out, as amateur actors in the country's largest theater.