Performance

Venue	Oxford Playhouse
Town	Oxford
County	Oxfordshire
From	9th October 2007
To	13th October 2007
Prices	From £10.00. To £23.00.
Oxford Playhouse (V803)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

The Burial at Thebes

Work:: The Burial at Thebes (S868733221)

Two brothers die fighting on opposite sides of the civil war in Thebes. When Creon, the new ruler, refuses to bury the brother who was a traitor, Antigone, the rebel's sister, defies Creon by vowing to bury him herself. A translation of Sophocles' Antigone. Originally commissioned to mark the centenary of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 2004, and partly inspired by the war in Iraq, Heaney's captivating and lyrical adaptation lends Sophocles' tragic heroine, Antigone, a 21st century voice.

Author

Seamus Heaney

Production:: (T1706455426)

75mins/no interval

Corporate Sponsor	University of Nottingham
Producer	Nottingham Playhouse
Director	Lucy Pitman-Wallace
Design	Jessica Curtis
Lighting	Neil Austin
Director	Sue Lefton (movement)
Music	Mick Sands
Musical Director	Mick Sands
Performer	Abby Ford (Antigone)
Performer	Paul Bentall (Creon)
Performer	Sian Clifford (Ismene)
Performer	Sam Swainsbury (Haemon)
Performer	David Acton
Performer	Cymon Allen
Performer	David Hobbs
Performer	Joan Moon

Listing:: L299524074

Production details

75mins/no interval

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