The Commonwealth Writers Prize has been among the most important and most visible of the world’s literary prizes. Although it ...

In Sophocles’ ancient Greek tragedy Oedipus Rex, Oedipus exits the stage with ... by the fiendish witches at the beginning of the play. In a more contemporary example, Australian playwright ...

The hypothetical script calls for Miss Shore and Miss May ... Typical of the second are a pair of radio skits, one a version of “Oedipus Rex” that has Oedipus saying plaintively to Jocasta ...

The ancient tragedian Sophocles immortalized this particularly disturbing tale in his play Oedipus Rex, bringing it to our modern world, with many people admiring it to this day. These expressions are ...

So you haven't read Oedipus the King by Sophocles? Well, get your tragedy mask ready as we tell you about this masterpiece ...

Though mythical in origin, “Oedipus Rex” continues to resonate because of how Sophocles handles its theme — with restraint, clarity and a mature sense of resolution. When the horrifying truth is ...

Though mythical in origin, “Oedipus Rex” continues to resonate because of how Sophocles handles its theme — with restraint, clarity and a mature sense of resolution. When the horrifying truth is ...

He is a maroon Oedipus filled with heart, talent, and rancor. Tonight he has a single goal: kill the father, kill the father. Yes, between Conte and his star-studded championship, his ex appears ...

Born from the earliest form of acting, Greek tragedies like “Oedipus Rex” and “Medea” use poetic and formal speech to convey the weight of fate and destiny. The chorus, in particular ...