A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...

even solve the riddle of the Sphinx – but if you end up shagging your mum, that’s the only thing people will remember. This delirious reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus, king of Thebes, is a ...

When Thebes is beset by drought, King Oedipus (Rami Malek) urges his people to move to fertile ground. But the oracle decrees that if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished they will be ...

The Sphinx, which embodies the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh, is believed to be the head of Khafre and his guardian spirit for his entire burial complex. Carved from the natural ...

Continuing on his way, Oedipus learns that King Laius has recently been slain and that the city stands threatened by the Sphinx: it bars the road and will kill and eat anyone who cannot solve a ...

Academy Award winner Rami Malek and Olivier Award winer Indira Varma star in a new production of Oedipus at the Old Vic, and ...

The people turn to their new King, Oedipus, the man who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, to hunt down the perpetrator and bring salvation. He vows to succeed whatever the cost and so begins an ...

A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle of the Sphinx, and is determined to help the people. He married Jocasta, Queen of Thebes and has ...

This version of Sophocles' play deals fairly superficially with the bare bones of the tragic story of the king, dragged down ... Christopher Plummer as Oedipus gives a sterling performance.