What can be learned from tragedy and the art of theaterIn 2015 Will Aitken journeyed to Luxembourg for the rehearsals and premiere of Anne Carson8217s translation of Sophokles8217 5thcentury BCE tragedy Antigone, starring Juliette Binoche and directed by theatrical sensation Ivo van Hove In watching the play, he became awestruck with the plight of the young woman at the centre of the action 8220Look at what these men are doing to me,8221 An173tigone cries, expressing the predicament of the dispossessed throughout time Transfixed by the strange and uncanny power of the play, he finds himself haunted by its protagonist, finally resulting in a suicidal breakdown With a backstage view of the action, Aitken illuminates the creative process of Carson, Binoche, and Van Hove and offers a rare glimpse into collaborative genius in action He also investi173gates the response to the play by Hegel, Virginia Woolf, Judith Butler, and others, who too, were moved by its timeless protest against injustice