Sophocles' Oedipus Rex is traditionally interpreted as a play about the gods' relation to human agency. ... Instead of launching an inquiry into the murder—he had, by this time, ...

With “Oedipus Rex,” a not happy, not hopeful work, overt visceral thrills ... Jean Cocteau’s libretto was less concerned with solving a murder mystery than underscoring the fated tragedy of ...

When Luis Alfaro (pictured) decided to update Sophocles' classic play "Oedipus Rex," the playwright assumed he would do something about Freud's well-known theory, the Oedipus complex.

Court Theatre’s “Oedipus Rex” doesn’t presume to answer the question. Adapted from Sophocles by the late Nicholas Rudall and directed by Charles Newell, the 80-minute steamroller that ...

“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 ...

To meet with Oedipus Rex on its own grounds, ... after all, even if this is a spirit our own age has successfully recaptured on the stage only in Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral.

Oedipus Rex: Man and God (1959) Posted: March 9, 2025 | Last updated: March 9, 2025. The film explores the themes of fate, prophecy, and the struggle between human intelligence and divine ...

During COVID-19, the world remembered Oedipus was not just a psycho-sexual drama. Such is the richness of a play enfolded in rich layers of myth. Why we’ll keep finding meaning in the ‘Oedipus ...

Oedipus, approaching Thebes fresh from the murder of Laius, guessed the answer. “Man,” he replied, “because he crawls on all fours as an infant, stands firmly on his two feet in his youth ...

Featuring "tremendous" performances from Mark Strong as Oedipus and Lesley Manville as his wife Jocasta, the evening is "as gripping as a thriller, yet weighted with the terrible sense of what ...

Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is taking on Elektra. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London At the Old ...