Film
The Oedipus Project
2020 · 1h 14m
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Overview
The Oedipus Project is an innovative new digital initiative by Theater of War Productions that will present acclaimed actors performing scenes from Sophocles’ Oedipus the King as a catalyst for powerful, healing online conversations about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic upon diverse communities throughout the world. Sophocles’ ancient play, written and performed in 429 BC during the time of a plague that killed one-third of the Athenian population, is a timeless story of arrogant leadership, ignored prophecy, and a pestilence that ravages the city of Thebes. At the time the play was first performed, the audience would have been reeling in the wake of a pestilence and its economic, political, and social aftermath. Seen through this lens Oedipus the King appears to have been a powerful public health tool for helping Athenians communalize the trauma of the plague, through a story that is as relevant now as it was in its own time.
Cast
Oscar Isaac
Oedipus
Frances McDormand
Jocosta
John Turturro
Creon
Jeffrey Wright
Tiresias
Frankie Faison
Shepherd
David Strathairn
Messenger 1
Glenn Davis
Messenger 2
Crew
- Bryan DoerriesDirector
Media
Details
- Release date
- June 24, 2020
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 14m
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