Antigone

Power in Thebes rests with a man who cannot bear contradiction. He forbids burying a dead man who attacked the home city.

Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, is not intimidated by this prohibition. She despises the new ruler and follows her conscience, although she anticipates the price.

Jean Anouilh has shaped this material into a drama that still asks about humanity and obedience. The tragedy shows how a single defiant act gives rise to a chain of consequences that can no longer be stopped.