Performance

Venue	Old Vic Theatre
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	1st October 1999
To	18th December 1999
Old Vic Theatre (V402)
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Antigone

Work:: Antigone (S2357)

Two brothers, Polyneikes and Eteocles, fight for the crown of Thebes. They kill each other. The rule is strict and clear: whoever dares to bury Polyneikes will be punished with death. Antigone cannot accept the laws that leave one of her brothers unburied and humiliated. State against Ideals, a young woman against a monarch, the whole town, us, inside the arena. How do you get a diamond out of a stone? 'I was born to love, not hate', states Antigone. And there is always a cost for it.

Author

Sophocles

Production:: (T1505862109)

Declan Donnellan directs his own version of this seminal tragedy. With an extraordinary cast lead by a full Greek chorus, Antigone's essential stuggle for the freedom of expression against a tyrannical state resonates now as it did over 2000 years ago.

Director	Declan Donnellan
Adapted by	Declan Donnellan
Design	Nick Ormerod
Company	Warehouse Productions
Performer	Tara Fitzgerald
Performer	Jonathan Hyde
Performer	anna Calder Marshall
Performer	Zubin Varla
Performer	Christian Bradley
Performer	Finn Caldwell
Performer	Ryan Ellsworth
Performer	Damian Kearney
Performer	Drew Mulligan
Performer	Owen McDonnell
Performer	Donald Pirie
Performer	Richard Stacey
Performer	Anthony Taylor

Listing:: L291163852

Early closure

Production details

Declan Donnellan directs his own version of this seminal tragedy. With an extraordinary cast lead by a full Greek chorus, Antigone's essential stuggle for the freedom of expression against a tyrannical state resonates now as it did over 2000 years ago. Early closure

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