Screen stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville return to the London stage in director Robert Icke’s adaptation, “Oedipus,” ...

The myth of Oedipus differs from the standard myth of a hero in that Oedipus acts of his own volition ... The human condition is inherently tragic and paradoxical, and it is knowledge which makes it ...

Starring the internationally renowned, multi award-winning Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Sophocles’ epic tragedy is ...

A great advantage of these monologues and asides is their ability to depict each stage of the tragic hero of protagonist Oedipus, who is wonderfully depicted by Anna Bakina ‘25. Taking on a character ...

In this play, secrets may fester, but the truth is deadly. Strong said Oedipus’ tragic flaw is what another character calls his “honesty fetish.” “He is obsessed with the truth,” Strong said. “If he ...