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Oedipus Old Vic Theatre

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Product details - Itands a cold case but, according to the oracle, if the murderer of old king laius is found and punished then all will be well'. '.strtoupper('t')he people turn to their new king, oedipus, the man who solved the riddle of the sphinx, to hunt down the perpetrator and bring salvation'. '.strtoupper('h')e vows to succeed whatever the cost and so begins an unstoppable pursuit of the truth through a harrowing labyrinth of fear and love'. '.strtoupper('o')edipus rexand is an athenian tragedy written by the ancient tragedian sophocles in the fifth century bc and first performed on the greek theatre stage in 429 bc'. '.strtoupper('i')t was the second of the playwrightaposs three surviving theban plays to have been about oedipus, who prior to the start of the play becomes the king of thebes after unknowingly fulfilling a prophecy that he would murder his father laius and wed his mother jocasta'. '.strtoupper('o')edipus took his mother as his queen after solving the sphinxaposs riddle.and the play itself follows oedipusaposs investigation in finding the killer of laius in order to end a plague that has befell the city of thebes'. '.strtoupper('h')e is utterly unaware that the murderer is in fact himself, and after learning of this patricide he has committed as well as his incestual maternal relationship, he gouges out his eyes while jocasta hangs herself'. '.strtoupper('t')he tragedy is widely regarded by greek scholars as a masterpiece from ancient greek tragedy.

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