Learn about Oedipus, King Of Thebes - As Sophocles' Oedipus the King begins, the people of Thebes are begging the king for help, begging him to discover the cause of the plague. Oedipus stands ...

It seems that director Jonathan Wilson does not believe in art for art's sake. He has placed his production of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" within a Hartford Stage Co. AIDS awareness program ...

Read the monologue for the role of Oedipus from the script for Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus says: O wealth and empiry and skill by skill Outwitted in the battlefield of life, > What ...

This fall, the Getty Villa Museum and the Troubadour Theater Company will present Oedipus the King, Mama! for the 19th annual ...

It took nearly three millenia, but, finally, on January 15, 1912 – exactly one hundred years ago today – Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” was performed in the English language for ...

'Oedipus the King,' by Sophocles Updated June 04, 2014, 4:24 p.m. ET By Molly Driscoll "Oedipus the King" is an Athenian tragedy by the great Greek tragedian Sophocles.

LONDON Like all the greatest plays in history, Sophocles` Oedipus the King is a masterpiece because on every encounter it offers us something new. Sigmund Freud`s interpretation of the play ...

It should be catnip for theater buffs to experience so much Sophocles at once, savoring the overlapping themes and actions in his work, but no amount of academic interest can overcome the ...

Oedipus, who was at this time in self-imposed exile after receiving word from the Delphic Oracle that he would kill his father (Polybus, king of Corinth) and sire children with his mother, Merope ...

Read the monologue for the role of Oedipus from the script for Oedipus the King by Sophocles. Oedipus says: Well, I will start afresh and once again Make dark things clear. Right worthy the ...