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"The tragedy of Oedipus, who unknowingly slays his father and marries his mother, is one of the mythical cornerstones of Western civilization. Plays for Performance Series."@en
"Oedipus the King is considered the masterpiece of the hundred or so plays written by Sophocles. It has been universally praised for its ingeniously constructed plot and extraordinary insight into human motive and circumstance. In The Interpretation of Dreams, Sigmund Freud summarized the psychological implications: "As the poet brings the guilt of Oedipus to light by his investigation, he forces us to become aware of our own inner selves, in which the same impulses are still extant, even though they are suppressed ..." After more than 2,000 years, the basic questions about human behavior raised in this dramatic gem are still being vigorously debated."@en
"Sophocles' tragic drama about the downfall of Oedipus after the prophesy that he will murder his father and marry his mother comes true."
"Since it was first performed in Athens in the 420s BC, Oedipus the King has been widely regarded as Sophocles' greatest tragedy and one of the foundation stones of Western drama. Don Taylor's translation, accurate yet poetic, was made for a BBC TV production of the Theban plays in 1986, which he also directed."
"Sophocles' play of a king prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother."@en
"Catholic University of America, Speech and Drama Department, Ref. G.V. Hartke, O.P., head presents Sophocles' "Oedipus the King," adapted by Dudley Fitts and Robert Fitzgerald, directed by Alan Schneider, performances and choral speaking coached by Dr. Josephine McGarry Callan, setting and lighting by James D. Waring, costumes designed by Cynthia Ketterer."
"Sophocles' Oedipus the King remains as as significant and vitally affecting today as it was twenty-five centuries ago. To Aristotle, it was the matchless model for all tragedy. To Freud, it was the archetypal portrayal of man's most basic unconscious impulse."
"Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly recreate the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal meaning of the Greek in order to evoke the sense of poetry evident in the originals. Under the editorship of Peter Burian and Alan Shaprio, each volume includes a critical introduction, commentary on difficult passages, ample stage directions, and a glossary of the mythical names and geographical references encountered in the di."@en
"Sophocles' play of a king prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother is here presented in a translation designed to be used on stage."
"Sophocles' play of a king prophesied to kill his father and marry his mother is here presented in a translation designed to be used on stage."@en
"Unknowingly, Oedipus kills hif father, King Laius of Thebes, and marries his mother, Jocasta. When he learns the truth, he blinds himself in despair."@en
"One of the greatest of all the Greek tragedies, reveals the awesome impact on the ruler of Thebes, of the discovery that he has been the victim of a terrible prophecy. The guilt of Oedipus is brought to light, we become aware of our own inner selves and our instincts."@en
"Dramatizes the story of Oedipus, who killed his father and married his mother."
"Sophocles' most profound and celebrated play in a vivid and dynamic new translation by award-winning poet Robert Bagg oedipus the King remains, after 2,500 years, a shocking, suspenseful, and highly emotional drama in which a royal family is brought to hellish ruin by fate, an inscrutable god, and the kindness of a stranger. oedipus must find and destroy the murderer of his predecessor, King Laios, to rid Thebes of the plague caused by the killer's undetected and malignant presence. The play's headlong action resembles a tautly woven criminal investigation, but one whose immense stakes pose a host of wrenching and still unresolved questions: What constitutes human guilt' Why do gods punish the innocent' What are the limits of human intellect' Why do family bonds so often prove destructive' Robert Bagg's spare, idiomatic, and nuanced translation is ideally suited for reading, teaching, or performing. This is Sophocles for a new generation."@en
"The Greek tragedy about Oedipus, who murders his father and marries his mother."@en
"A noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder - the first play in Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. This Enriched Classic edition includes: a concise introduction that gives readers important background information; timelines of significant events in Greek history and theater that provide the book's historical context; an outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations; detailed explanatory notes; and, critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work, among others."
"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Roger L. Stevens, chairman, and The Smithsonian Institution, S. Dillon Ripley, II, secretary, present The American College Theatre Festival, produced by the American Theatre Association, Jed H. Davis, president and The American National Theatre and Academy, Donald Seawell, chairman, sponsored by American Airlines, George Spater, president and American Oil Company, B.J. Yarrington, president, Eisenhower Theater, April 17 through 29. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, The Theatre Department presents "Oedipus the King," by Sophocles, prepared by Burnet M. Hobgood and Anthony Graham-White, with acknowledgment to T.H. Banks, musical score by Alvin Epstein, directed by Burnet M. Hobgood, associate director Jim Hancock, musical director Carlton Young, stage manager Twila Sauer Young, assistants Patt Broadus, Floyd Kuntz, costume coordinator Judith Michener, technical director Allen Heaton."@en
"The famed Athenian tragedy in which Oedipus?s own faults contribute to his tragic downfall. A great masterpiece on which Aristotle based his aesthetic theory of drama in the Poetics and from which Freud derived the Oedipus complex, King Oedipus puts out a sentence on the unknown murderer of his father Laius. By a gradual unfolding of incidents, Oedipus learns that he was the assassin and that Jocasta, his wife, is also his mother."@en
"Oedipus has unknowingly killed his father, married his mother and had four children by her. The play centers around how the persons react as they become aware of the facts."@en
"Oedipus has unknowingly killed his father, married his mother and had four children by her. The play centers around how the persons react as they become aware of the facts."

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"Oedipus the King [Berg] = Oedipus tyrannus. English"@en
"Oedipus The King"
"Oedipus The King"@en
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"Oedipus the King. Translated by David Grene. Oedipus at Colonus. Translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Antigone. Translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff, etc"@en
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"Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Antigone; translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff. With an introd. by David Grene"@en

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