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Sophocles

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. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) 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 Author - Sophocles. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

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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. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett) 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 Author - Sophocles. Narrator - LibriVox Community. Published Date - Thursday, 19 January 2023.

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English


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