A set text for AQA GCE Drama A Student Edition with a full commentary, plot synopsis, review of the play in performance, chronology, notes on individual words and phrases and questions for further study Presented in Don Taylor's acclaimed translation that has a timeless appeal and was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986 Sophocles' play, written in the fifth century BC, remains a timeless work of theatre that has been reinterpreted and adapted throughout the world

Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation by Don Taylor, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban Plays in 1986, which he directed.