Antigone

Plot Summary

Having defied the ban on Creon and offered a burial to Polynice, her treacherous homeland brother, Antigone is condemned to a slow death in a stone tomb, despite the interposition of Hémon, her fiance, the son of Creon . Nevertheless, Creon ends up following the advice of his diviner Tiresias and, fearing the wrath of the gods, buries Polynices with dignity. When he is about to free Antigone, the young woman had already hanged herself. Mad with pain, Hémon commits suicide by his side.

Top Cast

Barbara Schulz Antigone

Robert Hossein Créon

Bernard Dhéran Le Choeur

Pierre Dourlens Le 1er Garde

Julie Kapour La Nourrice