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

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Blood of Zeus is massively popular, but it's apparent that the show never utilizes its full potential, which could give it ...

Their Critic is charming and imaginative, and their Oedipus is nothing less than superb. Yeat's version of the Greek tragedy offers its difficulties--the longer speeches include a number of ...

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 ...

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

W ritten in the 5th century BCE by one of the greatest ancient Greek playwrights, Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex is a masterpiece of theatrical construction, fraught with horrific, methodically ...

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 ...