You can register (for free!) for Oedipus the King here, Oedipus at Colonus here, and Antigone here. The world of Oedipus is hot and dry and ravaged by plague-sound familiar? In addition to the readings, Theater of War will lead audience discussions via Zoom, which will reflect on the place of ancient tragedy in modern lives.
The casts include actors like Jesse Eisenberg ( The Social Network), Taylor Schilling ( Orange is the New Black), Moses Ingram ( The Queen’s Gambit), Frankie Faison ( The Wire), and Jumaane Williams (New York City Public Advocate, who has discussed his love for acting publicly). The plays sequel Antigone was actually written years earlier in 441 BCE. Although written in the years prior to his death, it would finally be presented by his son Iophon at a dramatic competition in 401 BCE. Oedipus the King will be performed on November 3rd at 7 pm EST, Oedipus at Colonus will be performed on November 5th at 7 pm EST, and Antigone will be performed on November 7th at 7 pm EST. Oedipus at Colonus was the third play of the Oedipus trilogy written by the great Greek tragedian Sophocles (c.
For those of you who prefer to watch than read theater-or want to do both-Theater of War has enlisted a team of powerhouse actors to perform scenes from each of Doerries’s Oedipus translations for free, via Zoom. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.This week, Vintage Books published Oedipus Trilogy, which collects Bryan Doerries’s new translations of Sophocles’s Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, and Antigone.
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