After seeing last night's performance of "Antigone," at Abbey's Theatre, remembrance of Hernani, the Cid, and Ruy Blas is effaced, for a time, at least, and only Oedipus and Creon, two pictures ...

Creon has been trying to find Oedipus and entreat him to return to Thebes. While Creon has a darker plan for Oedipus, he tries to pursuade Oedipus that it is all for the greater good and to help him.

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

Creon and Theseus have words about the fate of Oedipus. Creon states he only continued to pursue Oedipus as he believed none in the land would harbor such a wretched soul. Oedipus, blinded by his ...