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The Theban Plays by Sophocles: With John Shrapnel, Juliet Stevenson, Donald Eccles, Robert Eddison. A trilogy of plays detailing the tragic fate of Oedipus and his children, as well as his scheming and tyrannical brother-in-law Creon.
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10. Dez. 2006 · Sophocles' trilogy of Theban plays, translated by and presented by Timberlake Wertenbaker.
Cast & crew. Trivia. IMDbPro. All topics. Episode list. The Theban Plays by Sophocles. Top-rated. Tue, Sep 16, 1986. S1.E1. Theban Plays: Oedipus the King. Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy.
17. Mai 2021 · The Theban plays; by. Sophocles. Publication date. 1967. Topics. Sophocles -- Translations into English, Antigone (Mythological character) -- Drama, Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) -- Drama, Thebes (Greece) -- Drama. Publisher. Harmondsworth, Penguin.
Sophocles’ masterpiece is the cycle, named by the specialists The Theban Plays, or the Oedipus cycle. They tell the story of the mythical king Oedipus of Thebes and his descendants. The plays were written across thirty-six years and were not composed in chronological order.
The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496–406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King Oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to Thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the ...
The Theban Plays Series by Sophocles. 3 primary works • 4 total works. The Theban plays comprise three plays: Oedipus Rex (also called Oedipus Tyrannus or Oedipus the King), Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone. All three concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus.
