Dear Evan Hansen vs National Theatre Live: Antigone
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.3/10 for Dear Evan Hansen). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 2h 17m. National Theatre Live: Antigone is the older of the two (2012 against 2021). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Dear Evan Hansen
National Theatre Live: Antigone| Dear Evan Hansen | National Theatre Live: Antigone | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.3/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2021 | 2012 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Stephen Chbosky | Polly Findlay |
| Main cast | Isaac Powell, Amy Adams, Danny Pino, Julianne Moore, Amandla Stenberg | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker |
Synopsis
Dear Evan Hansen
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
In the unstable aftermath of a civil war, Creon, the new King of Thebes, asserts his authority by forbidding anyone from honouring the death of the traitor Polyneices. But Antigone, Polyneices' sister, will not obey. When Creon's authority is challenged, a gripping conflict emerges between the power of an individual and the state. Polly Findlay's electric 2012 production brings Sophocles' tragedy into the modern world as a gripping political…
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