Antigone, Polynices's sister, is torn between her loyalty to her brother and her obedience to the king's edict. She defies Creon's orders and gives her brother a proper burial, believing in the ...

The story from Greek mythology of Antigone and Polynices is a cautionary tale about the sin of pride and how it leads to our downfall.

“I’m going to kill Polynices!” Antigone declares triumphantly in the opening scene of “Antigone: A New Trans Play” by JJ Sutton ’22. For audiences both familiar with and new to the ...

Cleveland Play House's Artistic Director, Laura Kepley, in her comments in the playbill for ANTIGONE states, 'We originally programed ANTIGONE to be produced during the 2019-2020 season. The play ...

A lot of people die during Sophocles' Antigone. The death of Oedipus puts his sons Eteocles and Polynices on the throne, their deaths spark their titular sister to fight for the latter's right to be ...

The stench, he imagines, will remind Thebans who is in charge. Antigone, sister of Polynices, defies his order and attempts to bury the body, provoking Creon’s wrath.

This weekend, I plan to see The Antigone Project, an adaptation of Sophocles’ fifth century B.C.E. play, Antigone. The play is about Antigone who is the daughter and sister of Oedipus (a man ...

The Music, Theatre & Dance School will perform “Antigone” on Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 18 and 19 at 8:00 p.m. and Feb. 20 at 2:00 p.m. All shows will be performed at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater.

Gonzaga’s Theatre and Dance Department will present Jean Anouilh’s adaptation of “Antigone,” translated by Christopher Nixon, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Kelly Nelson is Eteocles (above) and Antonia Perez is Polynices in "Antigone." (Photo courtesy Park Square) An all-female cast isn’t the only change to Kedrowski’s 2016 adaptation.

He refuses to allow Polynices back into Thebes, even in death, and refuses Antigone passage out of Thebes to bury her brother. When she sneaks out in the night and does so anyway, Creon is furious.