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The Oedipus Project

06/24/2020

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1hr 14min

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STORY

The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, written and performed in 429 BC during the time of a plague that killed one-third of the Athenian population, is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time the play was first performed, the audience would have been reeling in the wake of a pestilence and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful public health tool for helping Athenians communalize the trauma of the plague, through a story that is as relevant now as it was in its own time.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Oscar Isaac
  • Frances McDormand
  • John Turturro
  • Jeffrey Wright
  • Frankie Faison

    Director

  • Bryan Doerries

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Theatre of War Productions

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

    Cast

    Oscar Isaac

    Oedipus

    Frances McDormand

    Jocosta

    John Turturro

    Creon

    Jeffrey Wright

    Tiresias

    Frankie Faison

    Shepherd

    David Strathairn

    Messenger 1

    Glenn Davis

    Messenger 2

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