Theban Plays: Antigone
19861h 51min
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Storyline
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Cast
Juliet Stevenson
Antigone
Gwen Taylor
Ismene
Patrick Barr
Chorus
Paul Daneman
Chorus
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Robert Eddison
Chorus
Ewan Hooper
Chorus
Peter Jeffrey
Chorus
Noel Johnson
Chorus
Robert Lang
Chorus
John Ringham
Chorus
Frederick Treves
Chorus
John Woodnutt
Chorus
John Shrapnel
Creon
Tony Selby
Soldier
Mike Gwilym
Chorus
John Gielgud
Tiresias
Bernard Hill
Messenger
Paul Russell
Boy
Rosalie Crutchley
Eurydice
Patrick Godfrey
Chorus