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.

BERLIN — “The city reeks with death in her streets,” the chorus laments in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex.” Thebes is in the grip of a deadly plague.

The Oedipus myth is still going strong. Two and a half millennia since the first performance of Sophocles’s Oedipus Rex, often considered the high point of classical tragic drama, Robert Icke ...

Oedipus' starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville will begin performances at Broadway's Studio 54 on October 30 with an ...

Family Drama: From Oedipus to Ozu. Episode 2 | 26m 46s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Searching for insights into the nature of family. Aired 02/11/2024 | Expires 02/02/2027 ...

There are multiple types of drama in literature, each with unique elements or characteristics. ... Examples are Hamlet, Oedipus Rex, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius Caesar. 3.

The charm and relevance of ancient myths in “ Edipo Re, Una favola nera ” of the Teatro dell'Elfo, a show by Ferdinando Bruni and Francesco Frongia inspired by the tragedy of Sophocles and ...

Oedipus Rex was composed during the golden age of Athens, in the 5th century BC. ... Aristotle called it the greatest example of the dramatic arts.

The Company Theatre continues its 2023-24 season with the Sophocles' classic OEDIPUS REX, running February 15-25 at the historic Temple Building Theater, 50 Liberty Pole Way, in Rochester.

A figure from ancient Greek myth who was fated to kill his father and marry his mother, Oedipus has been most famous over the last century for the controversial “complex” that Sigmund Freud ...