National Theatre Live: Antigone vs The Dresser
National Theatre Live: Antigone has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.8/10 for The Dresser). National Theatre Live: Antigone is the shorter watch at 1h 32m compared with 1h 58m. The Dresser is the older of the two (1983 against 2012). Both are drama movies, so they suit a similar mood.
National Theatre Live: Antigone
The Dresser| National Theatre Live: Antigone | The Dresser | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.8/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 1983 |
| Length | 1h 32m | 1h 58m |
| Genres | Drama | Drama |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Polly Findlay | Peter Yates |
| Main cast | Annabel Scholey, Christopher Eccleston, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Alfred Enoch, Jodie Whittaker | Albert Finney, Michael Gough, Edward Fox, Eileen Atkins, Tom Courtenay |
Synopsis
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…
The Dresser
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
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