In this rehearsal I worked with both the actors playing Ismene and the other Antigone actors to work on the first Ismene scene because we felt we needed to add emphasis to important bits of speech and also build on the sibling relationship between the two sisters. Because the first bit of dialogue has Ismene sat on a chair and Antigone sat at her feet, we wanted the chair to be nearer front centre stage so we had to stage a moving of the chair from the position it is in in the Nurse scene (back stage left) to the position it is in the nurse scene. So that we decided that after Nurse exits, Antigone would move the chair for Ismene to sit on and dust it over for her. We thought this would work as it would show the differences between the two sisters but also their close relationship and how well they know each other. Halfway through the scene, Ismene is trying to persuade Antigone not to bury her brother and 'understand' Creon's point of view. To which Antigone refuses t