So you haven't read Oedipus the King by Sophocles? Well, get your tragedy mask ready as we tell you about this masterpiece that has influenced the structure of western drama for millennia!

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Mark Strong and Lesley Manville Make Ancient Tragedy 'Oedipus' a Political Thriller LONDON (AP) — Who are you? That most basic question perplexes people, just as it did when Greek dramatist ...

Fate is a funny thing. Just as it’s hardly Oedipus’s fault that he kills his dad and sleeps with his mum - sorry if you didn’t know that, but 2,500 years and your own Freudian subconscious ...

The Old Vic head honcho Mathew Warchus answers that question by summoning a frenetic whirlwind of theatre and dance alongside choreographer Hofesh Shechter that returns the power back to the ...

At first, Icke’s dusting of contemporary relevance seems too heavy. We see Oedipus on screen amid placard-waving admirers, calling out fake news and promising to publish his birth certificate.

Either way, here we are with the second major London production of Sophocles’ Oedipus within months — this time it’s Rami Malek and Indira Varma spiralling into the vortex. Again it’s a ...

As with Robert Icke’s shattering adaptation – which had its West End premiere last year – Ella Hickson’s contemporary-language adaptation reimagines Oedipus as a slick politician.

Oedipus Rex continues on the Don Wooten stage at Lincoln Park located at 38th Street and 11th Avenue in Rock Island, Saturday ...

But this is Robert Icke’s stunning reworking of Oedipus. As that digital clock in the campaign room counts down remorselessly, we watch in queasy horror. It’s not just the election result that ...