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Who Played Messenger in Antigone

Messenger 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 Messenger in Antigone.

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Performer Production Opened
Marlon Brando Broadway Antigone 1946
Oliver Cliff Broadway Antigone 1946
John Harkins Broadway Antigone 1971

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

“Messenger” Also Appears In

Production Type Year
Come Back, Little Sheba Broadway 2008
Medea Broadway 2002
The Gospel at Colonus Broadway 1988
Macbeth Broadway 1988
Medea Off-Broadway 1986
Much Ado About Nothing Broadway 1984
Knock Knock Broadway 1976
Mame Broadway 1966
Kiss Me, Kate Off-Broadway 1965
The Threepenny Opera Off-Broadway 1955
Joy to the World Broadway 1948
King Richard III Broadway 1943
Antony and Cleopatra Broadway 1937
Othello Broadway 1935
The Dybbuk Broadway 1926

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