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...wrote extensively—mostly with homemade ink on toilet paper—during his incarceration. The opening stanza of “Live Burial,” one of several poems composed during that period and later published in his book A Shuttle in the Crypt (1972), provides a vivid glimpse into his consciousness...
That his newest work is a play, Burial at Thebes, perhaps reflects Heaney’s emphasis on oral tradition best. Ireland’s Abbey Theatre commissioned him to pen this new translation of Antigone for its centenary celebration...
...play, the title character defies her nation’s laws to give her brother—an alleged traitor—proper burial rights. As a result, the people of Thebes acquiesce to her execution...
Heaney reveals his reluctance in emphasizing the political aspect of Antigone most clearly in his adjustment of the title to Burial at Thebes. “I wanted to shift the focus to an anthropological, not political, interpretation of the text,” he says...
...congregation by initiating community-outreach programs and a livelier second Sunday service. Before long, the place was hopping. Attendance topped 200, and grateful Albanites invested in a $1.6 million parish hall and a $100,000 pastor's office. They knew Beach strongly opposed the Robinson elevation--he had conducted "burial rites" for Episcopalianism at the time--but most of them agreed with him and were willing to battle beside him for a denominational reversal...