Theban Plays: Antigone
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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.
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Juliet Stevenson
Antigone
Known for
Secret Invasion
Atlantis
Gwen Taylor
Ismene
Known for
Life of Brian
The Lady in the Van
Don Taylor
Louis Marks
Sophocles
David Myerscough-Jones
Patrick Barr
Chorus
Known for
The Dam Busters
House of Whipcord
Derek Bourgeois
Paul Daneman
Chorus
Known for
Zulu
Time Without Pity
Jane Hudson
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Known for
The Wicker Man
Young Sherlock Holmes
Peter Reason
Don Taylor Director · Sophocles Author Peter Reason Editor
First release September 19, 1986 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Bioscope
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BBC
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Bioscope
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United Kingdom
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · September 19, 1986
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