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Theban Plays: Antigone

9.019861h 51mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorDon Taylor
WriterDon Taylor
ProducerLouis Marks

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Cast · Directed by Don Taylor

JSJuliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson
Antigone
GTGwen Taylor
Gwen Taylor
Ismene
PBPatrick Barr
Patrick Barr
Chorus
PDPaul Daneman
Paul Daneman
Chorus
DE
Donald Eccles
Chorus
RERobert Eddison
Robert Eddison
Chorus
EHEwan Hooper
Ewan Hooper
Chorus
PJPeter Jeffrey
Peter Jeffrey
Chorus
NJNoel Johnson
Noel Johnson
Chorus
RLRobert Lang
Robert Lang
Chorus
JR
John Ringham
Chorus
FTFrederick Treves
Frederick Treves
Chorus

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Theban Plays: Antigone hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around November 7, 1986. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.