19 September 1986 Drama 111 mins
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 as Antigone
Gwen Taylor as Ismene
Patrick Barr as Chorus
Paul Daneman as Chorus
Donald Eccles as Chorus
Robert Eddison as Chorus
Ewan Hooper as Chorus
Peter Jeffrey as Chorus
Noel Johnson as Chorus
Robert Lang as Chorus
John Ringham as Chorus
Frederick Treves as Chorus
John Woodnutt as Chorus
John Shrapnel as Creon
Tony Selby as Soldier
Mike Gwilym as Chorus
David Myerscough-Jones Production Design
Don Taylor Director
Louis Marks Producer
Derek Bourgeois Music
Don Taylor Writer
Jane Hudson Costume Design
Peter Reason Editor
Sophocles Theatre Play
United Kingdom 19 September 1986
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