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Who Played Ismene in Antigone

Ismene is a role in Antigone, a play that opened Broadway in 1946.

After a case of sibling rivalry culminates in civil war, King Creon of Thebes forbids anyone from burying the traitor who started it in this fresh and vibrant take on an ancient classic. When his niece Antigone, discontent to let her brother go without proper funeral rites, takes matters into her own hands, she sparks a family feud that pits father against son, sister against sister, and civil law against the gods.

3 actors have played Ismene in Antigone.

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Performer Production Opened
Ruth Matteson Broadway Antigone 1946
Tandy Cronyn Broadway Antigone 1971
Kirsty Bushnell Off-Broadway Antigone 2015

Other Roles in Antigone

Role Production Opened
Antigone Broadway Antigone 1946
Chorus Broadway Antigone 1946
Creon Broadway Antigone 1946
Eurydice Broadway Antigone 1946
First Guard Broadway Antigone 1946
Haemon Broadway Antigone 1946
Ismene Broadway Antigone 1946
Messenger Broadway Antigone 1946
Nurse Broadway Antigone 1946
Page Broadway Antigone 1946
Second Guard Broadway Antigone 1946
Third Guard Broadway Antigone 1946

“Ismene” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
The Gospel at Colonus Broadway 1988
Antigone Off-Broadway 1981

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