![]() ![]() “There are people suffering out there, dying from the hateful plague, and this is what you choose to do with your time?” – Jocasta, Sophocles’ Oedipus The King Oedipus the King is a timeless story about leadership, accountability, and the challenges faced by citizens and elected officials during pandemics and plagues. Upon uncovering the truth about himself and his role in the disaster, the king loses nearly everything-his crown, his wife, his power, his country, his honor-and wanders off into exile, a fate worse than death in ancient Greece. Sophocles’ Oedipus the King tells the story of an overconfident ruler during the time of a great plague, who refuses to listen to trusted advisors, ignores prophecy, and-after launching an investigation-discovers that he is the source of the contagion that is ravaging his people and his land. ![]() The events are presented on Zoom, for free. The audience is invited to attend all three events and engage in the story of an intergenerational curse passing through a single family, tracing an arc from early childhood trauma to familial and societal collapse. To accompany the release of Bryan Doerries’ translations of Sophocles’ Oedipus Trilogy: Oedipus The King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone, the Theatre of War presents the dramatic reading of these seminal plays. ![]() Theater of War Productions presents The Oedipus Trilogy ![]()
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