The Theban Plays

Synopsis

The legends surrounding the royal house of thebes inspired sophocles (496–406 bc) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind’s struggle against fate. King oedipus tells of a man who brings pestilence to thebes for crimes he does not realise he has committed, and then inflicts a brutal punishment upon himself. With profound insights into the human condition, it is a devastating portrayal of a ruler brought down by his own oath.