
Released
Theban Plays: Antigone
September 19 1986 (over 38 years ago)Rating
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- Director: Don Taylor
- Genre: Drama
- Runtime: 1 h 51 m
- Country: United Kingdom
- Company: BBC
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.
Top 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