National Theatre Live: Antigone

Directed by Polly Findlay

Written by Don Taylor, Sophocles

In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political thriller.

Cast

Jodie Whittaker

Antigone

Christopher Eccleston

Creon, King of Thebes

Jamie Ballard

Tiresias

Zoe Aldrich

Eurydice

Luke Newberry

Haemon

Annabel Scholey

Ismene

Luke Norris

Soldier

Kobna Holdbrook-Smith

Messenger

Alfred Enoch

Chorus

Tim Samuels

Chorus

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Michael Grady-Hall

Chorus

Paul Bentall

Chorus