In Oedipus the King, a plague is ravaging the city of Thebes. Oedipus learns that the polluting curse was triggered by the murder of his predecessor, LaĂŻus. Determined to find the killer and end the threat to his people, Oedipus rages toward the truth and confronts an oracleâs haunting prophecy.
Oedipus at Colonus finds the king of Thebes now a blinded beggar banished for his sins. But he also holds a certain powerâand with it a foretelling of further tragedy for his family.
In Antigone, the battle for control over Thebes has left two mourning sisters to face a more personal and devastating war with a new ruler who defies the laws of gods and men.
Inspired by the mythic house of Thebes, Sophoclesâs defining Greek tragedies follow the fates that befall three doomed generations.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Oedipus Plays, this edition of The Oedipus Plays (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
Performed by the actors of The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company
Oedipus the King
Stage Directions/ArgumentâKat Hermes
OedipusâScott Lange
The Priest of Zeus/JocastaâKatherine Mayberry
Teiresias/MessengerâEric Orive
Creon/HerdsmanâScott Wright
Second MessengerâSarah Stark
ChorusâKathleen Bode and Chaz Albright
Oedipus at Colonus
Stage Directions/ArgumentâKatherine Mayberry
OedipusâScott Lange
AntigoneâKat Hermes
IsmeneâSarah Stark
Theseus/Polyneices/StrangerâEric Orive
Creon/MessengerâScott Wright
ChorusâKathleen Bode and Chaz Albright
Antigone
Stage Directions/ArgumentâKatherine Mayberry
AntigoneâKat Hermes
Ismene/EurydiceâSarah Stark
CreonâScott Wright
Haemon/MessengerâChaz Albright
Teiresias/GuardâEric Orive
ChorusâKathleen Bode and Scott Lange
The Oedipus Plays (AmazonClassics Edition) (Unabridged) - Sophocles & Francis Storr - translator
In Oedipus the King, a plague is ravaging the city of Thebes. Oedipus learns that the polluting curse was triggered by the murder of his predecessor, LaĂŻus. Determined to find the killer and end the threat to his people, Oedipus rages toward the truth and confronts an oracleâs haunting prophecy.
Oedipus at Colonus finds the king of Thebes now a blinded beggar banished for his sins. But he also holds a certain powerâand with it a foretelling of further tragedy for his family.
In Antigone, the battle for control over Thebes has left two mourning sisters to face a more personal and devastating war with a new ruler who defies the laws of gods and men.
Inspired by the mythic house of Thebes, Sophoclesâs defining Greek tragedies follow the fates that befall three doomed generations.
Revised edition: Previously published as The Oedipus Plays, this edition of The Oedipus Plays (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.
Performed by the actors of The Pigeon Creek Shakespeare Company