Sophocles
Country: Greece
Biography: Sophocles (c. 497/6 - winter 406/5 BC) is one of three ancient Greek tragedians whose plays have survived. His first plays were written later than those of Aeschylus, and earlier than or contemporary with those of Euripides. According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, Sophocles wrote 123 plays during the course of his life, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, The Women of Trachis, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. (Wikipedia)
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This story of youthful rebellion is taken from the ancient Greek classic "Antigone." The setting is modern times and Britt Eklund plays Antigone in a fictitious land where reality is suspended. Haimon (Tomas Milian) goes against the wishes of his father and the prime minister by wanting to become an animal. Tiresias (Pierre Clementi) plays a Christ-like figure.
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A teenaged girl is executed for going against a king's wishes and honoring her brother's death. (imdb)
In the Ancient Greek city of Thebes, Antigone defies Creon's orders and buries her brother.
Antigone at the Barbican (2015) - TV Movie
Celebrated stage and screen actress Juliette Binoche plays Antigone in a contemporary version of Sophokles's tragedy, translated afresh by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Anne Carson.
When her dead brother is decreed a traitor, his body left unburied beyond the city walls, Antigone refuses to accept this most severe of punishments. Defying her uncle who governs, she dares to say 'No'. (barbican.org.uk)
The Theban Plays by Sophocles (1986) - TV Series
A trilogy of plays detailing the tragic fate of Oedipus and his children, as well as his scheming and tyrannical brother-in-law Creon.
- Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) - Season 1
- Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986) - Season 1
- Antigone (1986) - Season 1
The story of the daughter of Oedipus who defied the state to bury her brother.
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