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 ...

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 ...

Common themes in today’s literature and theatre, such as courage, determination, jealousy, love and faithfulness, existed ...

This play is very loud and never allows the audience a moment of silence to reflect on what they have just witnessed.

Wilmington College Theatre is bringing the Greek tragedy Antigone to the Heiland Theatre stage for a three-show run with 7:30 p.m. curtain times on Feb. 27, 28 and March 1.

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 ...