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Antigone

With fierce originality, this powerful adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy presents a world of honor, treachery and fateful consequences. Acclaimed actress Genevieve Bujold skillfully combines elements of zealotry and idealism in her affecting portrait of Antigone. Jean Anouilh's retelling of "Antigone" stages the inescapably wrenching central confrontation between Antigone and Creon by presenting Bujold and Fritz Weaver seated at a long, executive-suite table--a hallmark of Anouilh's play.

Top Cast

  • Jean Topart

    Jean Topart

    Créon

  • Alain Cuny

    Alain Cuny

    Le Coryphée

  • Marie-Hélène Breillat

    Marie-Hélène Breillat

    Antigone

  • Robert Darmel

    Robert Darmel

    le garde

  • Sacha Pitoëff

    Sacha Pitoëff

    Tiresias

  • Claude Leblond

    Claude Leblond

    le messager

  • Régine Teyssot

    Régine Teyssot

    Ismène

  • Bernard Malaterre

    Bernard Malaterre

    Hemon

  • Paul Bonifas

    Paul Bonifas

    le choeur

Overview

With fierce originality, this powerful adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy presents a world of honor, treachery and fateful consequences. Acclaimed actress Genevieve Bujold skillfully combines elements of zealotry and idealism in her affecting portrait of Antigone. Jean Anouilh's retelling of "Antigone" stages the inescapably wrenching central confrontation between Antigone and Creon by presenting Bujold and Fritz Weaver seated at a long, executive-suite table--a hallmark of Anouilh's play.

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