Sophocles often won the leading prize at the Dionysia, the principal dramatic festival of Athens; but Oedipus the King was a runner-up, winner of the second prize. Posterity, however, considers the play second to none. The play tells the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone. With Michael Pennington, John Gielgud, and Claire Bloom. (2 hours)

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		Antigone Antigone is perhaps the most easily accessible of all the great classical tragedies, its theme clear and up-to-date: the conflict between moral and political law. Now the tale of Oedipus and his family comes to its end-he, his wife Jocasta, his sons,...(more details)		VHS $159.95 DVD (Chaptered) $159.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $239.92 3-Year Streaming $159.95
		Euripides: Medea This is the stunning Kennedy Center production of Euripides' great classic about a woman driven by emotion beyond the brink of rationality. With Zoe Caldwell as Medea and Judith Anderson as the nurse. The English text is by Robinson Jeffers. (87 minu...(more details)		VHS $89.95 DVD $89.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $134.92 3-Year Streaming $89.95
		Greek Drama: From Ritual to Theater Why do plays well over two millennia old still speak to audiences today? This program traces Greek theater from ancient harvest rites to the golden age of Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes. Key scenes from Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus, ...(more details)		VHS $149.95 DVD (Chaptered) $149.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $224.92 3-Year Streaming $149.95
		The Role of Theatre in Ancient Greece This program looks at the theatres of Herodus Atticus, Epidauros, Corinth (where Arion is said to have taught the dithyramb), and many others to explain the design of the ancient theatre, the synthesis of art forms that was ancient Greek drama, the o...(more details)		VHS $89.95 DVD $89.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $134.92 3-Year Streaming $89.95
		Oedipus at Colonus Bearer of an almost unspeakable, immutable fate, Oedipus yet feels himself a man chosen-that is, favored-by the gods. Now an old man, blind and outcast, Oedipus wanders through Greece guided by his daughter Antigone until he comes to Colonus, where h...(more details)		VHS $159.95 DVD $159.95 DVD + 3-Year Streaming $239.92 3-Year Streaming $159.95

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