by  Roche, Paul

Published: 1968

Acts: 3

Language:

Category: Drama

Acts: 3
Male Roles: 7
Female Roles: 1
Flexible Roles: 0
Has Chorus/Extras: No

Synopsis

Oedipus the Kingunfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. Throughout this mythic story of patricide and incest, Sophocles emphasizes the irony of a man determined to track down, expose, and punish an assassin, who turns out to be himself.