Performance

Venue	Shakespeare's Globe Theatre
	Also: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Inigo Jones, Globe Education Centre Theatre (Park Street)
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	11th October 2008
To	12th October 2008
When	Sat 19:30, Sun 13:00
Prices	From £5.00. To £33.00.
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre (V165)
Current/Future Listings
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The Burial at Thebes

Work:: The Burial at Thebes (S0118803997)

The victorious leader Creon, who is forced to choose between his public responsibility and personal concerns and all too late realises the fatal consequences of his decisions.

Author	Seamus Heaney
Music	Dominique Le Gendre

Production:: (T1508488936)

Derek Walcott directs a company of over 30 orchestra, soloists and chorus to recreate the action in Heaney’s epic poem with dramatic narration in a Trinidadian Rapso style.

Director	Derek Walcott
Design	Derek Walcott
Lighting	Helen O'Neill
Choreographer	Melanie Simpson
Design	Malwina Chabocka (Associate Designer)
Conductor	Peter Manning
Performer	John Joyce (Guard)
Performer	John Van der Put (Messenger)
Performer	Biran Green (Creon)
Performer	Idit Arad
Performer	Andrea Baker
Performer	Andy Morton
Performer	Martin Nelson
Performer	Magdalen Ashman
Performer	Daniel Keating-Roberts
Performer	Richard Coxon
Performer	Franz Hepburn
Performer	Gregoire A. Meyer

Listing:: L1932179626

Production details

Derek Walcott directs a company of over 30 orchestra, soloists and chorus to recreate the action in Heaney’s epic poem with dramatic narration in a Trinidadian Rapso style.

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