Playwright-director Robert Icke drops the “rex” in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” because he sets the tragedy in the contemporary world where the title character is running to be prime minister of the U.K.

The Company Theatre continues its 2023-24 season with the Sophocles' classic OEDIPUS REX, running February 15-25 at the historic Temple Building Theater, 50 Liberty Pole Way, in Rochester. “The ...

The German director's exquisitely mounted tenth feature adheres to and diverges from the Sophocles play in demanding, fascinating ways. Quite what a viewer who doesn’t go in knowing that Schanelec is ...

Critic's Pick. Icke’s change in timeline trades catastrophe for suspense, ontological disaster for down-to-the-cuticles nail biting. Is this a fair exchange? Maybe. Is it electrifying? God, yes. The ...

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Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...