A comedy in three acts disguised as a Greek tragedy. The war of the Seven Against Thebes ends, Oedipus dies at Colonnus and his two sons hack each other to death in a battle of champions. Oedipus' daughters Antigone and Ismene return to vie for their mother's throne, but the blind soothsayer Tiresias and the tyrant Creon deny ther rights claiming that Zeus is King of the gods. A web of political intrigue and backroom deals are spun as Antigone, Ismene, and a Chorus of Tragic Heroines maneuver for the support of the Theban Guard and the people to uphold the rights of women and the laws of the...