in a new translation by DON TAYLOR Antigone starring
The war is over. Both of Oedipus' sons have been killed in the battle and Creon now rules supreme in Thebes, determined to establish law and order to save the state from further carnage. As a warning to any future rebel he decrees that the body of Polynices, who attacked the city, shall remain unburied, on pain of death for anyone who transgresses. Antigone, the dead man's sister, decides to defy the decree.
Chorus of Theban Senators:
PATRICK BARR. PAUL DANEMAN
DONALD ECCLES ,
ROBERT EDDISON. PATRICK GODFREY
EWAN HOOPER , PETER JEFFREY
NOEL JOHNSON , ROBERT LANG
JOHN RINGHAM ,
FREDERICK TREVES. JOHN WOODNUTT
Classical adviser GEOFFREY LEWIS Music composed and conducted by DEREK BOURGEOIS and played by THE ENDYMION ENSEMBLE
Camera supervisor DAVE MUTTON Make-up FRAN NEEDHAM
Script editor STUART GRIFFITHS
Producer LOUIS MARKS
Directed by DON TAYLOR