We have plays, movies, operas, oratorios, drawings, paintings sculptures, and songs written about Oedipus all performed in every time period imaginable. It's been translated more than twenty times! It's been made into at least 2 English films with many more in other languages. Stravinsky made an Oratorio out of it which sounds kindof creepy, but hey what would you expect it to be like? The piece starts out very atonal and never really resolves kindof like the play... hmmm... I've never really big a huge Stravinsky fan, and this piece really didn't change my mind at all. One of the films was an all star cast with Christopher Plummer, and Orson Welles just to name 2. For whatever reason, this play has had a huge impact on the world. Here are some pictures from different productions.
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