Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.

Icke's take on Oedipus makes for a compelling night at the theatre. Perhaps a truly modern version, though, would have Oedipus and Jocasta spending their remaining years lying on separate couches ...

Two eye-popping examples have landed this week alone. One stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, in a retelling of the father- killing, mother-loving king of Thebes, Oedipus.

The orchestra as the main focal point gave adequate weight to the music’s role in this particular telling of the tale, while the characters’ shifting and switching of positions highlighted the ...

The audience mingles with the 92-strong combined Scottish Opera chorus and community chorus of Theban citizens – or joins the Olympian gods looking down on the drama from the first floor balcony.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Oedipus Explaining the Enigma of the Sphinx (1808). Courtesy Musée du Louvre. With this painting, Moreau knew he was engaging directly with the work of Ingres.

The story — the myth, the legend — of Oedipus remains a time-honoured tale, an ageless tragedy, a cornerstone of Western culture. Many a common reader unversed in Greek drama or averse to ...

In unfurling the story of a boy who becomes a killer, a lover, and a singer, the German director Angela Schanelec continues to move to her own inimitable beat.

New Oedipus, Interesting ComplexFreund wrote his play in the 1960s, and it still shows some of the signs of being produced in that turbulent decade. The three-act play proceeds in measured ...