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Oedipus the KingEnriched with detailed notes and commentary, Sophocles’ classic tragedy of one noble family's descent into madness, mayhem, and murder.Read More
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PBS, May 25, 2012
...than other pieces, but lots of things disappeared anyway. We happen to know that the great play by Sophocles "Oedipus Rex" won second place in its year in the great competition in Athens. The first-place play is missing. JEFFREY BROWN: We don't know who...
Hamilton Spectator, May 19, 2012
...the opportunity now (to) segue back between 500 and 400 B.C. and we get to talk to Sophocles, would the first thing in our mind be: ‘Did you come from an incestuous family? Did you murder your dad and not know he was your dad? What was your...
WA Today, May 12, 2012
...No invader has ever won a war in Afghanistan, and this masterful novel partly explains why. It reworks Sophocles' Antigone, pitting a lone woman against US military might. Nizam is Pashtun and determined to bury her brother, killed in battle. The...
Kitchener Record, May 11, 2012
...The protagonist Percival Chen reminds me of the character of Oedipus in the great play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles, a man whose blindness to his own reality leads to his tragic end. It was difficult for me to empathize with Chen because he is so stubbornly...
Times of India, May 10, 2012
...enrolled in the Delhi University and got a BA degree, thanks to his perseverance. "I discovered Shakespeare and Sophocles. Munshi Premchand and Sarat Chandra fascinated me. I was inspired to write after reading Gulshan Nanda," Rao says, reliving his days...
Wesleyan Connection, May 9, 2012
...in the High School Humanities Program. Szegedy-Maszak teaches the students about Homer's Odyssey or two tragedies by Sophocles (Antigone and Oedipus the King). Another unique project supported by CAUSE is The Art Show, which exhibits over 1,200 artworks...
Brandon Sun, May 6, 2012
Broadway World, March 3, 2012
...Quintessence Theatre Group continues its second season with Jean Anouilhs 1943 adaptation of Sophocles ANTIGONE, in a translation by Jeremy Sams, directed by Alexander Burns...
North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch, March 2, 2012
...Danielle Jones , directed by Frank Dwyer Sunday , April 22 @ 7 pm : Oedipus: Parts I & II by Sophocles , initiated by Rhonda Aldrich and Tony Amendola , directed by Casey Stangl WHERE: THE ANTAEUS COMPANY @ Deaf West Theatre 5112...
Hollywood Previews, March 2, 2012
...first appearance in EastEnders as the recurring character Victor Brown. In October 2007, Yuill took the lead in Sophocles' Antigone as Creon, King of Thebes at The Tron Theatre, Glasgow. In 2010, he was nominated for the award of Best Male Performance...
Examiner.com, March 2, 2012
...Electricidad, by Luis Alfaro, is a contemporary Latino look at the Greek tragedy, Electra written by Sophocles around 410 B.C.Revenge is on the plate as Electricidad mourns her father's death, while her mother, Clemencia, is rumored...
Express Milwaukee, March 2, 2012
...Well over 1,000 words on Youngblood’s new show. (All of them more or less in order.) In Section: Curtains Posted By: Russ Bickerstaff Intro: The Personal Stuff Youngblood’s latest show is about a pair of people going through inpatient therapy....
Salford Online, March 2, 2012
...children together and, when the narrative begins with Pollione declaring his love for a new woman, shades of Sophocles Medea are cast over their future. However, Bellinis take on the classic theme of the forsaken lover is heroic, rather than vengeful and...
