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Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

Playwright-director Robert Icke drops the “rex” in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” because he sets the tragedy in the contemporary world where the title character is running to be prime minister of the U.K.

What becomes a legend most? After two years studying the Renaissance masters in Italy and five years back home in Paris, Gustave Moreau presented his answer with Oedipus and the Sphinx (1864). A work ...

WHEN 5th century BC audiences watched Oedipus Rex, they were already familiar with the backstory of this popular Greek myth. For contemporary audiences, it would help to be familiar with it too.

As the show opens in New York, its stars took their places amid the desks of T Magazine to deliver a pivotal scene. By Jameson Montgomery For T’s new video series “Live From the 10th Floor” we enlist ...

“Oedipus Rex,” a popular play written by the famous author Sophocles, was produced in Athens, Greece, in 430 BC. The play consists of 4 episodes. Sophocles has adopted Aristotle’s tragedy model in his ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...