When the horrifying truth is finally revealed, Oedipus does not flee from it. He accepts full responsibility, gouging out the ...

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

She projects the dignity of the queen of Thebes, and at the same time retains ... is as different from Oedipus Rex as any play can be, but--partly perhaps because it is so dissimilar--it makes ...

A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...

Creon has been trying to find Oedipus and entreat him to return to Thebes. While Creon has a darker plan for Oedipus, he tries to pursuade Oedipus that it is all for the greater good and to help him.

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex explores the tragic clash between fate ... Oedipus' attempts to avert his destiny — bringing plague and misfortune upon Thebes — paradoxically lead him to fulfil ...

Thebes ... An upturned world slowly rebuilding itself after mass "devastruction". A world without order ... A world in which language has returned to a child-like ...

A child accused. Everyone left to answer.

Thebes ... An upturned world slowly rebuilding itself after mass "devastruction". A world without order ... A world in which language has returned to a child-like ...

When the horrifying truth is finally revealed, Oedipus does not flee from it. He accepts full responsibility, gouging out the ...