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

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

The daily and nightly reflections on South Sudan situation provoke philosophical questions deserving quick saving ...

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 ...

This classic Greek tale tells how a noble youth accidentally marries his own mother, kills his own father and ends up paying a terrible price for invoking the wrath of the Gods.

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

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 ...