Creon and Theseus have words about the fate of Oedipus. Creon states he only continued to pursue Oedipus as he believed none in the land would harbor such a wretched soul. Oedipus, blinded by his own ...

Lee Breuer and Bob Telson’s “The Gospel at Colonus,” this year’s livelier-than-usual outdoor theater production at the Getty Villa, combines disparate ritual traditions. Ancient Greek tragedy is ...

The theater season at Harvard could scarcely have had a more satisfactory beginning than with the Eliot Drama Group presentation of the Yeats' adaptation of Oedipus Rex and Sheridan's The Critic.

Creon has been trying to find Oedipus and entreat him to return to Thebes. While Creon has a darker plan for Oedipus, he tries to pursuade Oedipus that it is all for the greater good and to help him.