Lights Up | Pale Sister

Based on The Theban Plays by Sophocles

Written by Colm Toibin, Pale Sister is a powerful retelling of the classic tale of Antigone. Lisa Dwan stars in a tour-de-force performance directed by Sir Trevor Nunn.

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Licence: ERA Licence required

Content
  • Type: Adaptation
  • Channel: BBC Four
  • Duration: 1'16'13''
  • Broadcast date: 2021
Usage

UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted

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The Theban Plays | BBC Radio 4 | 2022

In Our Time | Antigone

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Sophocles' tragedy of dilemmas, where King Creon threatens death to anyone who buries a traitor and that traitor's sister, Antigone, defies him.
The Theban Plays | BBC Four | 2015

Juliette Binoche: Antigone at the Barbican

Cameras exclusively capture the Oscar-winning French actress Juliette Binoche playing the title role in Sophocles' tale of family loyalty, courage and tragedy. The Barbican's visionary new English language translation by TS Eliot Prize-winning poet and classicist Anne Carson is directed by renowned Belgian theatre director Ivo van Hove.