458 results for ""Oedipus""
Oedipus is a notorious story, and its plotline of incest, patricide, exile and blindness have passed into common knowledge through Freud's controversial Oedipal complex. It seems odd then, t…
Abbey theatre, DublinWayne Jordan's production unfolds in a frightened village with a flawed leader, where everyone refuses to see the blindingly obvious"How terrible to see the truth," says…
STRATFORD, Ontario " When I first came here in the 1970s for the Shakespeare Festival, gas was sold by the Imperial gallon, rooms were $10 a night in a private home, and even the A…
In his new book, the Guardian's theatre critic has selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, in any western language " so do you agree? Related: Choosing my 101 greate…
Oedipus is complex, but this production has him striking a simple continuous note of self-righteous self-pity
Gord Rand plays the king of Greek tragedy as more self-righteous and infantile in Daniel Brooks production.
Theatre is where Frank McGuinness belongs. "It may drive me crazy and drive me hard, but I am never happier than when I am writing a play. I had a great and loving family, but by reason…
Are you a titan of the theatre or have the fates abandoned you? As the Almeida puts on a festival inspired by Dionysus, test your knowledge of Greek drama Continue reading...
a clear and uncluttered production which is focused on the dramatic endgame at the Odyssey Theater. . . Read More
Director Ron Sossi has not lost his directorial flair as witness in this production inspired by Ellen McLaughlin's adaptation of Sophocles.
Back in ancient Greece, Oedipus set the gold standard for mommy issues. Nowadays, though, his story can seem to hit the stage lugging three millennia worth of psychological baggage " a Dr…
While the intentions of this well-spoken production are commendable, each play suffers from its imposed brevity, for in the compression of each, much of an essential ingredient - passion - s…
Ambition often overshoots execution at the Pearl, a humble downtown rep company. In this Herculean endeavor, the troupe's modesty is both an asset and a-dare one say, tragic?-flaw.
In this production of Seneca's majestic play by the Theater by the Blind, the story of the king of Thebes is performed in modern dress, on a set that is a version of the Oval Office.
In "Blind," the playwright Craig Wright has embarked on a modern retelling of the Oedipus story, but it's never clear why he's doing it.
THE glossary in the back of the program for "The Seven," Will Power's hip-hop take on a Greek tragedy, is one for the books: Rarely do you see side-by-side definitions of the words "bling-bl…
