The incoming home secretary is unlikely to have diary space for a theatre trip this week, but some of her predecessors with more time on their hands may find Inua Ellams’ new adaptation of Antigone thought-provoking.
His updated and heavily rewritten version of Sophocles’ play, previewing at the Regent’s Park theatre in London, has transformed King Creon into a hardline home secretary whose introduction of tough anti-terror measures helps him to be elected as prime minister.
