Antigone

When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigone's unruly brother Antigone's anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death: she's to be buried alive.<br/><br/>Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams takes Sophocles' play and by placing it into a contemporary setting brings this classic tale vividly to life.<br/><br/>A timeless story about loyalty and truth about how we make meaning out of life and death and what in the end really does matter.<br/><br/>Roy Williams's adaptation of <i>Antigone</i>received its world premiere at Derby Theatre in a co-production between Pilot Theatre Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East before going on a national tour. This new edited edition is published for the first time in Methuen Drama's Plays for Young People series aimed at 16-18 year olds.