Antigone

About this film

LibriVox recording of Antigone , by Sophocles (translated by Francis Storr). This is the final installment in Sophocles's Theban Plays, following Oedipus Rex and Oedipus at Colonus. Oedipus's daughter Antigone deliberately breaks the laws of Thebes when she buries her brother's body and is sentenced to death. She clashes with Creon, the King of Thebes, over what constitutes justice and morality: the laws of the state or the laws of the individual. Cast: Antigone: Elizabeth Klett Ismene: Arielle Lipshaw Creon: Bruce Pirie Haemon: mb Eurydice: Lucy Perry Tiresias: Martin Geeson Guard: Algy Pug Chorus, Second Messenger: Lars Rolander Messenger: David Goldfarb Narrator: David Lawrence Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett For further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording. For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org . Download M4B (34MB)

Directors & creators

Sophocles

Subjects

audiobook; librivox; sophocles; greek; tragedy; antigone

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