Paul Woodruff

In the ancient city of Thebes, the god Dionysus returns to claim his rightful place among the mortals. But his arrival is met with resistance from King Pentheus, who refuses to acknowledge the god's divinity. As the conflict between the two escalates, the city is plunged into chaos and madness. The Bacchae, a group of women devoted to Dionysus, become possessed by his spirit and wreak havoc upon the land. In a climactic confrontation, Pentheus is...

Antigone must choose between honoring her dead brother and following the dictates of the state after her brother Polynices dies in a battle, and her uncle Creon commands that Polynices' body is to be left unburied and unmourned. When Antigone defies her uncle's ruling, she is sealed into a cave to die, and her uncle is punished by the gods.