Oedipus the King, Mama! is a fresh take on Sophocles' classic tale, infused with the musical flair of Elvis Presley. Directed by Matt Walker, this production features a talented cast including Walker ...
New York Daily News: “Oedipus the King,” in English for the first time: A century ago today, Sophocles’ tragedy opened in London
It took nearly three millenia, but, finally, on – exactly one hundred years ago today – Sophocles’ tragedy “Oedipus the King” was performed in the English language for the first time ...
“Oedipus the King,” in English for the first time: A century ago today, Sophocles’ tragedy opened in London
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 ...
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
Teiresias tells Oedipus that Oedipus is the murderer he seeks. That Oedipus killed King Laius and the resulting plague is due to his trangressions. Oedipus does not believe Teiresias and feels that ...