Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Pick Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are superb as a doomed political power couple in Robert Icke’s adaptation of the Sophocles tragedy. By ...

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 ...

The Electra complex is a term used to describe the female version of the Oedipus complex. It involves a girl, aged between 3 and 6, becoming subconsciously sexually attached to her father and ...

“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 ...

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.

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. Driven by the belief that what was traditional in 429 BC is radical today, ...