“Oedipus Rex” is no small undertaking; it’s a story comprised of dense language, heady themes, and iconic characters. The Company Theatre’s cast is up to the challenge, featuring ...

Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is traditionally interpreted as a play about the gods' relation to human agency. But this understanding of the text is deficient and misses the point. Instead, and as I ...

Presented by the National Theater of Greece at City Center Theater, W. 55 St. between Sixth and Seventh Aves., NYC, Oct. 4-8. When the most exciting scene in Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex" is the one ...

Thanks to Sigmund Freud, the Oedipus myth has become the modern model for extreme psychological distress, so I suppose it`s appropriate that a film version of this tale of parricide and mother-son … ...

Aug. 16—ANDERSON — Pride, murder, arrogant leaders and a plague may be all too relatable themes of the Alley Theatre's production of "Oedipus Rex." The play, slated to hit the stage at Gray's ...

Sophocles’ play Oedipus Rex begins with a warning: the murderer of the old king of Thebes, Laius, has never been identified or caught, and he’s still at large in the city.