Antigone - National Theatre
Pro reviewers average
2013-05-25
Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of
Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to be buried alive.
He can’t forbid me t...
Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of
Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to be buried alive.
He can’t forbid me to love my brother. He has neither the right, nor the power, to do that.
The people daren’t object but the prophet Teiresias warns that this tyranny will anger the gods: the rotting corpse is polluting the city.
There is no gag like terror, is there, gentlemen?
Creon hesitates and his fate is sealed.
Show Details
| Running dates | from May 23 2012 to Jul 21 2012 |
| Theatre | National Theatre |
| Pro Average | |
| Peer Average | |
| My Rating | Review This Show |
| Cheapest ticket | £12 |
| Most expensive ticket | £32 |
| Quentin Letts (Daily Mail) | Full Review | |
| Libby Purves (The Times) | Full Review | |
| Michael Coveney (What's on Stage, Independent) | Full Review | |
| Henry Hitchings (Evening Standard) | Full Review | |
| Charles Spencer (The Telegraph) | Full Review | |
| Michael Billington (The Guardian) | Full Review | |
| Ian Shuttleworth (Financial Times) | Full Review | |
| Andrzej Lukowski (Time Out) | Full Review | |
| West End Whingers | Full Review |
| Clare |
Overview, Cast and Creatives
| Genre | Drama | |
| Synopsis | ||
| Desperate to gain control over a city ravaged by civil war, Creon refuses to bury the body of
Antigone’s rebellious brother. Outraged, she defies his edict. Creon condemns the young woman, his niece, to be buried alive. He can’t forbid me to love my brother. He has neither the right, nor the power, to do that. The people daren’t object but the prophet Teiresias warns that this tyranny will anger the gods: the rotting corpse is polluting the city. There is no gag like terror, is there, gentlemen? Creon hesitates and his fate is sealed. |
||
| Author | Don Taylor | |
| Sophocles | ||
| Director | Polly Findlay | |
| Featured Actors/Actresses | Jason Cheater | |
| Jamie Ballard | ||
| Zoë Aldrich | ||
| Jodie Whittaker | ||
| Christopher Eccleston | ||
| Stavros Demetraki | ||
| Jo Dockery | ||
| Paul Dodds | ||
| Michael Grady-Hall | ||
| Kobna Holdbrook-Smith | ||
| Luke Newberry | ||
| Luke Norris | ||
| Annabel Scholey | ||
| Designer | Soutra Gilmour | |
| Lighting Designer | Mark Henderson | |
| Movement/Choreography | Aline David | |