Oedipus, son of Laius and Jocasta, was a Theban hero and king, destined to unknowingly kill his father and marry his mother. He was also famous for defeating the Sphinx.
The maternal musical mash-up of Sophocles's Oedipus the King with the music of the King of Rock & Roll, Elvis Presley! ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT? Then come see the only LA theater company older than ...
Los Angeles Times: Elvis kills dad, marries mom as Troubies shake up Sophocles in ‘Oedipus the King, Mama!’ at the Getty Villa
Tragedy and comedy make freaky bedfellows in “Oedipus the King, Mama!” This latest romp from Troubadour Theater Company turns the Getty Villa’s annual outdoor theater production into a Freudian ...
Elvis kills dad, marries mom as Troubies shake up Sophocles in ‘Oedipus the King, Mama!’ at the Getty Villa
The Guardian: Actorly Fauci becomes blind prophet for Oedipus the King reading in DC
Actorly Fauci becomes blind prophet for Oedipus the King reading in DC
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. It’s election night in Robert Icke’s “Oedipus,” a modern retelling of Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” that must be ...
ACCORDING to a Freudian superstition now widely current, King Oedipus of Thebes was pursued by an unconscious desire to kill his father and violate his mother, and the Greeks told this myth with the ...
The Sphinx was a hybrid creature, usually represented with the features of a woman and a lion, as well as (sometimes) the wings of a bird. The Sphinx plagued the Greek city of Thebes until she was finally outmatched by Oedipus.