Scenes: 13, Roles: Total (10), Female (4), Male (5), Unassigned (1)
...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...
~playauthor~Written by~
Sophocles
,
Don Taylor
~playauthor~Translated by~
Don Taylor
Methuen Drama, 2012
Modern Plays
playtext
Roles: Total (13), Female (3), Male (10), Unassigned (0)
...In his Guide to Greek Theatre and Drama, Kenneth McLeish writes: “Antigone is a textbook example of how to develop one short episode from a myth-story to make a full-scale tragedy articulating universal themes and meanings… The fact...
...Age recommendation: 15+ (some strong, bloody images) This archive recording was captured on 4th July, 2012. In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring...
Roles: Total (9), Female (3), Male (6), Unassigned (0)
...Electra is a story of revenge, of children on their mother, and the grief and fury of a woman when her filial duties are split down the middle.
When the victorious King Agamemnon returns from Troy, carting his new mistress...
~playauthor~Written by~
Sophocles
,
Frank McGuinness
~playauthor~Translated by~
Frank McGuinness
Faber and Faber, 2014
Faber Drama
playtext
Roles: Total (7), Female (4), Male (3), Unassigned (0)
...Locked into a bloody cycle of murder and reprisal, Electra, haunted by her father’s assassination, is consumed by grief and a thirst for vengeance. When her brother Orestes at last returns, she urges him to a savage and terrifying...
~playauthor~Written by~
Sophocles
,
Frank McGuinness
~playauthor~Translated by~
Frank McGuinness
Faber and Faber, 2008
Faber Drama
playtext
Roles: Total (10), Female (1), Male (7), Unassigned (2)
...God is on fire – his fever is plague.
All that was sweet is spilt and gone.
The people of Thebes look to Oedipus to lift a terrible curse from them and their city....
Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (9), Female (2), Male (6), Unassigned (1)
...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...
...One of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies, Harry Lennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. Includes a Q & A session with translator and director Nicholas Rudall. An L.A. Theatre...
Scenes: 11, Roles: Total (10), Female (2), Male (7), Unassigned (1)
...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Kolonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power both mortal and godlike...
...The story of one sister’s loyalty to both her brothers, regardless of their acts or opposing political beliefs, Antigone is one of the most consistently popular plays in the history of drama. This translation, by Don Taylor...
...Sophocles' Theban plays – Oedipus Tyrannos, Oedipus at Colonos and Antigone – stand at the fountainhead of world drama; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power, both mortal and godlike...
...This Greek tragedy tells the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes and husband of Jocasta. When the discovery is made that he is the son of the same Jocasta and of the previous king Laius (whom he has unwittingly murdered), Oedipus blinds...