Sigmund Freud’s Oedipus Complex is one of the most controversial yet influential ideas in psychology. It explores the ...

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in “Oedipus,” but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing ...

Jocasta is finally alone with Oedipus, the man she knows at this point only as her husband. She tells him about being abused and impregnated as a 13-year-old by Laius, a much older man who will ...

When Freud was searching for a metaphor to describe children’s shifting attitudes towards their parents as they develop, he settled upon the Greek myth of Oedipus. Most famously depicted in Sophocles’ ...

Searching for insights into the nature of family. This episode searches for insights into the nature of family, the tension between the safety and anxiety that family creates, and the rich and ...

Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex is one of the towering works of the human imagination; a play that has captivated audiences and readers alike for centuries. In Freud’s hands, the play became an illustration of ...

“Oedipus Rex” is about as far from a new work as possible, having first been performed around 1,600 years ago. While stories of this caliber and place in the literary canon can often feel untouchable ...

It's election night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change. Icke's visionary revival was nothing short of a sensation. Oedipus became ... (more info). See what all the ...

Sophocles is suddenly everywhere on the city’s stages. In concurrent shows, Rami Malek is playing Oedipus and Brie Larson is taking on Elektra. By Houman Barekat Reviewing from London At the Old Vic ...

Jocasta is finally alone with Oedipus, the man she knows at this point only as her husband. She tells him about being abused and impregnated as a 13-year-old by Laius, a much older man who will ...