OVERVIEW

• Playwright

  Frank McGuinness 

• Adapted / Translated From

  Sophocles 

• Setting

  Thebes

• Synopsis

  The people of Thebes look to Oedipus to lift a terrible curse from them and their city. He consults the oracle and learns that he must root out the late king’s murderer. But his relentless interrogation of one man after another leads inexorably, and in the space of a single day, to his own savage conclusion.

• Play Type

  Adaptation/Translation
  

  Number Of Acts

  Full-Length

• Cast Size Male

  24

• Cast Size Female

  3

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION

• Date of First Production

  15 October 2008

• Producer

  Produced by Royal National Theatre

• Original Venue

  Royal National Theatre
  

SOURCE OF INFORMATION