Antigone
Preceded by Chekhov’s THE PROPOSAL [qv].
Cast & Crew
Cast
1st Guard (Jonas) | Thomas Heathcote |
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2nd Guard (A Corporal) | Hugh Stewart |
3rd Guard | George Cooper |
Antigone | Vivien Leigh |
Chorus | Laurence Olivier |
Creon | George Relph |
Eurydice | Helen Beck |
Haemon | Dan Cunningham |
Ismene | Meg Maxwell |
Messenger | Terence Morgan |
Nurse | Eileen Beldon |
Page | Michael Redington |
Crew | |
Adaptation | Lewis Galantière |
Composer | Herbert Menges |
Costumes | Sophie Harris |
Designer | Roger Ramsdell |
Director | Laurence Olivier |
Presented by | The Old Vic Company |
Presented by arrangement with | Bronson Albery |
Presented in association with | The Arts Council of Great Britain |
Press Representative | David Fairweather |
Stage Director | David Kentish |
Stage Manager | Douglas Murchie |
Stage Manager | Jane Shirley |
Assistant Stage Manager | Stella Chitty |
Costumes made by | Susannah Jackson |
Costumes made by | Morgan Rendell |
General Manager | Lovat Fraser |
Scenery painted by | Alick Johnstone |
- Observations (1)
- Source: University of Bristol Theatre Collection
- Last modified by Jared William.
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Play description
The play is based on Sophocles’ classical Greek tragedy of the same name, which formed the final part of a trilogy about the Oedipus legend.
Anouilh’s version was first produced in Paris in 1942 at the time of the Nazi Occupation, which gave its theme a poignant topicality. It has been suggested that the Nazis allowed the play to be performed because they saw Creon as a convincing portrayal of a Fuhrer.
Observations
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A double bill with THE PROPOSAL
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