Antigone at the Barbican (2015)

4.5/10 • 90 min • Drama

Overview

Cameras exclusively capture the Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche playing the title role in Sophocles's tale of family loyalty, courage and tragedy. The Barbican's visionary new English language translation by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet and classicist Anne Carson is directed by renowned Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove.

Cast

Juliette Binoche

Antigone

Obi Abili

Guard

Finbar Lynch

Teiresias

Samuel Edward-Cook

Haimon

Patrick O'Kane

Kreon

Kathryn Pogson

Eurydike

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