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Oedipus
Sophocles
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Description for Oedipus
Paperback. God is on fire - his fever is plague. 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. Translator(s): McGuinness, Frank. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 1. Weight in Grams: 96.
God is on fire - his fever is plague.
All that was sweet is spilt and gone.
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.
You are who you are seeking to find.
Frank McGuinness's version of Sophocles' Oedipus premiered at the National Theatre, London, in October 2008.
Product Details
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
96 g
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571242238
SKU
V9780571242238
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About Sophocles
Sophocles (496-406 bc) is believed to have written well over one hundred plays, of which only seven survive: Women of Trachis, Ajax, Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra, Philoctetes and Oedipus at Colonus. Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and now lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include: The Factory Girls (Abbey ... Read more
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