Overview
Character Name
Creon
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Thebes, Ancient Greece
Analysis
Creon is the brother of Jocasta and brother-in-law/uncle of Oedipus. Oedipus’ sons plunged Thebes into a violent civil war in which they both died, so Creon assumes the throne. His first and most adamant decree is to leave the body of one son (Polyneices) unburied so that
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