Two concurrent London productions of Oedipus might seem like overkill, but they actually worked to demonstrate the ...

The ancient Greeks deeply believed in the power of curses and their ability to influence the lives of individuals and even ...

So you haven’t read Oedipus the King? You’re missing out on the greatest Greek tragedy of all time Discover why Aristotle ranked it as the hottest tragedy ever NFL confirms huge change in ...

AN able article has lately been published in the Advocate, discussing the music for the Greek play, composed by Professor Paine. As the criticism there made was directed chiefly to the methods ...

Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC ... His mantle was taken up by the playwrights Sophocles, who wrote Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex; and Euripides, who ...

Oedipus starring Rami Malek and Indira Varma has finally arrived at the Old Vic and the tension was palpable from start to finish. Ella Hickson’s adaptation of the Greek tragedy Oedipus ...

a Greek tragedy, a drawing-room comedy and a monster musical. The English writer and director Robert Icke’s “Oedipus,” a new version of the seminal Sophocles drama about a king who ...

Salmawy's Oedipus on the Plane reimagines the Greek myth, building on the Egyptian tradition of Freudian "trans-adaptations" initiated by Al-Hakim (1949), Bakathir, and Salem. His earlier works ...

Motlow State’s Theatre department will present “Oedipus” in April on the Moore County Campus. This version of the play was adapted from Sophocles’s original story by playwright Ellen McLaughlin and ...

The performance begins with loud chant-like music and a short glimpse of Oedipus before a chorus of Greek dancers take his place on the stage. Despite replacing a traditional Greek chorus ...

“Electric” (Observer) and urgent, it didn’t just bring Greek tragedy back to the West End—it redefined it. Named the Observer’s No. 1 Best of Culture 2024, this Oedipus played like a ...

Aeschylus, the father of Greek tragedy, died in 456 BC ... His mantle was taken up by the playwrights Sophocles, who wrote Antigone, Oedipus at Colonus, and Oedipus Rex; and Euripides, who ...