Oedipus Rex Stage Play

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SYPNOSIS

The story of Oedipus the King (also called Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus Rex) was told in the play by Sophocles written about 430 B.C. and performe! d in Athens. It won second place in the drama competition that year.
Through the play we learn that the Delphic Oracle prophesied to Laius, the king of Thebes, that he would be killed by his son and that his son would marry his own mother. Shocked by such a prophesy, the king and queen decided to kill their first-born son; they gave him to a shepherd to be put out on a mountainside to die. The infant's feet were pierced and tied together, and he was taken away. However, the shepherd took pity on the child and took him to Corinth where he was adopted by King Polybus and his childless queen.
When he was grown, by chance Oedipus heard that he was not Polybus's son, and he went to Delphi to learn if it was true. The oracle did not answer his question, but prophesied that he would kill his father and marry his mother. To protect his parents, he decided not to return to Corinth. Leaving Delphi, he came upon a man at a crossroads with four attendants who tried t! o force him from his path. The man prodded him with his stick and Oedipus, arrogant and quick to anger, slew him and three of the attendants. The fourth attendant escaped.

The incident was not further investigated because Thebes was having such problems with a Sphinx, a monster with the body of a winged lion and the breasts and face of a woman. The Sphinx stood on a rock outside the gates and devoured everyone who failed to solve her riddle: "What creature walks on four feet in the morning, on two at noon and on three in the evening?" Another version says: "What is that which has one voice and yet becomes four-footed and two-footed and three-footed?" [Apollodorus 3.5.7]
Oedipus solved the riddle and the Sphinx hurled herself to her death on the rocks below. [Can you solve the riddle? What walks on four le! gs in the morning, two at mid-day, and on three legs before evening? Oedipus said it was a man. As an infant, he crawls on all fours at the beginning or "dawn" of his life; when grown, he walks upright; when old, he walks with a cane.]
Oedipus was welcomed as a savior of the city and he was offered the vacant throne. He became king and married the recently widowed queen.
Years later the ill-fated city of Thebes was again stricken, now by a plague. The Delphic Oracle was asked what could stop the city's suffering. The oracle told that the plague would end when the murderer of King Laius was punished. Oedipus dedicated himself to solve the mystery of the murder and thereby rid the city of its curse.
The play reads like a murder mystery, a "Who-done-it?" which leads to its dramatic conclusion.

ABOUT THE COMPANY
FreshBox inc. freshbox productions(USC business admin practicum students, Â*venturing in events and flower shop.. ("your avenue of expression!"), Â*35 corpmembers currently under the Business Administration department

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Al Evangelio - multi-awarded international playwright and director.. he directed the play "Kadaugan sa Mactan", "Helen of Troy", "Ibong Adarna", trainor of Sheryn Regis.

SPONSORS
x89, killerbee(radio), st. peter funeral homes, CENDET, midtown printing, lite shipping, , salnic properties

SKED
Feb 4 Â* Â* Â*1:00PM
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Feb 5 Â* Â* Â* Â* Â*10:30
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Availability of tickets
Office location: P. Burgos street, Cebu City(across Cebu Cathedral)
Tel number: 412 -1071
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They can also get their tickets in killerbee and SM

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People of Thebes! I was told that this show rocks! I watched all the nine shows! I even had the chance to be with the cast on stage! I should be, cuz I'm crowned with leaves of bay and berries! ahehehe! THANX A LOT FRESHBOX!!! LOVE YA'LL!!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: