After this civil war, King Creon, Antigone's uncle, forbids citizens from burying Polyneices: an insult to his memory, but also a violation of the city's religion. When Antigone insists on burying him ...

Creon has them brought out to say good bye to their father. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to ...

In the original, King Creon refuses to let his neice (Oedipus’s daughter Antigone) bury her slain brother, a decision that ...

That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels that Creon, Jocasta's brother, is behind this. A curse has taken a ...

John Swale, from Rotherham, says he is frightened by the thought of being without Creon A nationwide shortage of a drug designed to help people digest food is causing fear and frustration among ...

London High School’s drama department is tackling serious themes with its upcoming production of “Antigone,” a Greek tragedy ...