When Creon refuses to bury the body of Antigones unruly brother Antigones anger quickly turns to defiance. Creon condemns her to a torturous death shes to be buried alive.Acclaimed playwright Roy Williams takes Sophocles play and by placing it into a contemporary setting brings this classic tale vividly to life.A timeless story about loyalty and truth about how we make meaning out of life and death and what in the end really does matter.Roy Williamss adaptation of Antigonereceived its world premiere at Derby Theatre in a coproduction between Pilot Theatre Derby Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East before going on a national tour. This new edited edition is published for the first time in Methuen Dramas Plays for Young People series aimed at 1618 year olds.