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Antigone

Summary
The BBC production of The Theban Plays consisted of three separate theatre plays, each transmitted on different evenings: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus and Antigone. These productions were preceded by a documentary, Speaking to the City: Sophocles Then and Now, transmitted on 14 September 1986.
Theatre play
Antigone by Sophocles [more information]
Date of transmission
Friday 19 September 1986
Time
9.00pm
Channel
BBC2
Production company
BBC

Credits

Director
Don Taylor (1936-2003)
Producer
Louis Marks
Playwright
Sophocles
Translator
Don Taylor (1936-2003)
Composer
Derek Bourgeois
Conductor
Derek Bourgeois
Advisor
Geoffrey Lewis (on classical matters)
Cast
Patrick BarrTheban Elder (Chorus)
Rosalie CrutchleyEuridice
Paul DanemanTheban Elder (Chorus)
Donald EcclesTheban Elder (Chorus)
Robert EddisonTheban Elder (Chorus)
John GielgudTeiresias
Patrick GodfreyTheban Elder (Chorus)
Mike GwilymHaemon
Bernard HillMessenger
Ewan HooperTheban Elder (Chorus)
Peter JeffreyTheban Elder (Chorus)
Noel JohnsonTheban Elder (Chorus)
Robert LangTheban Elder (Chorus)
John RinghamTheban Elder (Chorus)
Paul RussellBoy
Tony SelbySoldier
John ShrapnelCreon
Juliet StevensonAntigone
Gwen TaylorIsmene
Frederick TrevesTheban Elder (Chorus)

Additional details

Play tags
Greek drama; tragedy

Audiovisual sources

Title
Antigone (BBC, 1986)
Archive
BBC Information and Archives [more information]
Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Title
Antigone (BBC, 1986)
Archive
BFI Research Viewing Service [more information]
Address

21 Stephen Street
London
W1T 1LN
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 7957 4726

Email

Use the contact form at http://www.bfi.org.uk/form/contact-research-viewing-services

Website

http://www.bfi.org.uk/archive-collections/searching-access-collections/research-viewing-services

Access

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Print sources

Title
Cash and Classics (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Philip Purser (Reviewer)
Reference
The Sunday Telegraph, 21 September 1986, p. 16
Title
Encounter Group (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Al Senter (Reviewer)
Reference
The Listener, 11 September 1986, p. 29
Notes
With image of Gielgud as Teiresias.
Title
Greek plays: Antigone, part 3 of The Theban Plays (BBC, 1986) (Blog article)
Author/creator
Amanda Wrigley (Author)
Reference
http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/antigone-bbc-1986, published 6 April 2012
Title
Oedipus Schmoedipus (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Alan Rusbridger (Reviewer)
Reference
The Observer, 21 September 1986, p. 32
Title
Radio Times, 13 September 1986 (Magazine)
Linking notes
listing; and illustrated article titled ‘Cassics for Pleasure’ on pp. 82-85
Title
Televising the Thebans (Newspaper review)
Author/creator
Hugh Hebert (Reviewer)
Reference
The Guardian, 17 September 1986, Arts section, p. 9
Title
TV First for Oedipus Trilogy (Newspaper article)
Author/creator
Gavin Bell (Author)
Reference
The Times, 8 August 1986, p. 3
Title
You Wus Framed! (Magazine review)
Author/creator
Peter Lennon (Reviewer)
Reference
The Listener, 25 September 1986, p. 34

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