Overview
Character Name
Ismene
Show
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Late Teen, Young Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Non-singer
Time & Place
Thebes, Ancient Greece
Analysis
Ismene is the sister of Antigone. Together, the two women are the last of their family: following their mother Jocasta’s suicide, their father Oedipus wandered in exile until his death. Their brothers--Polyneices and Eteocles--waged a violent civil war to claim the throne.
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