They were once given a basket with a boy in it, and they raised him until he bolted at 18 – more or less the tale written by Sophocles, whose Oedipus was raised by a shepherd. Their daughter (Taysha ...

A Corinthian shepherd found the boy, named him Oedipus because his feet were deformed by the nail wound, and brought him to Corinth, where King Polybus was reigning at the time.

Dennis Lebby is good as both a priest and the shepherd who passes the infant Oedipus on to another shepherd. Emily Piro, Laurie McConnell and Christopher Harris do fine work as citizens who act ...

Moreover, to know the absolute truth, they call the shepherd whom Oedipus was given to kill. He was the one who escaped while King Oedipus killed King Louis and four others unintentionally.

Relive the story of Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" from the point of view of a humble shepherd who unexpectedly changed the course of history. A short project made in a single afternoon for a ...

Jan Lucas of Columbus plays the role of Shepherd in the Indiana Repertory Theater’s production of “Oedipus”. INDIANAPOLIS — For the fifth production in Indiana Repertory Theater’s 50th ...

Discovered by another shepherd on a mountainside, Oedipus was brought to the childless King of Corinth, Polybus, and his wife Merope, who raised him as their own son. Oedipus did not know that he ...

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 ...