
Theban Plays: Antigone
September 19, 1986•1h 51m•★ 9.0
Drama
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.
Director
Don TaylorWriters
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