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 Villa Outdoor Classical Theater production. Learn more!

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 ...

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 ...

Oedipus the King This version of Sophocles' play deals fairly superficially with the bare bones of the tragic story of the king, dragged down to degradation after having discovered that ...