The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

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

When she asks what burden Oedipus is carrying and to share his information, this is his reply. A curse has taken a hold of Thebes. Oedipus is the current King of Thebes, having solved the riddle ...

This delirious reimagining of Sophocles’ tragedy of Oedipus, king of Thebes, is a freaky fever dream ... religious zealots ...

In the end, he discovered that the old man he had killed in a fit of rage years earlier was none other than the former king of Thebes — his father — and that his queen was, in fact, his mother. Though ...

he sets off for Thebes. On the way he meets an older man: they quarrel and Oedipus kills him. Continuing on his way, Oedipus learns that King Laius has recently been slain and that the city stands ...

The theater season at Harvard could scarcely have had a more satisfactory beginning than with the Eliot Drama Group presentation of the Yeats' adaptation of Oedipus Rex and Sheridan's The Critic.

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 ...

In the end, he discovered that the old man he had killed in a fit of rage years earlier was none other than the former king of Thebes — his father — and that his queen was, in fact, his mother. Though ...