‘Oedipus’ Star Lesley Manville on Intimacy Coordinators, Modernizing Sophocles for the Epstein Era and Making Her Broadway Debut

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in “Oedipus,” but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing ...
Yahoo

‘Oedipus’ Broadway Review: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville Make the Same Old Mistakes

Playwright-director Robert Icke drops the “rex” in Sophocles’ “Oedipus Rex” because he sets the tragedy in the contemporary world where the title character is running to be prime minister of the U.K.
The Conversation

Why we’ll keep finding meaning in the ‘Oedipus Rex’ plague drama far beyond COVID-19

Lynn Kozak has worked for and consulted with Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre. They have received funding from SSHRC and, through Scapegoat Carnivale, the Canada Council for the Arts. McGill University ...
NUVO

Experiencing Oedipus Rex

Celebrating its 50th anniversary, IRT is taking another look at the classic Oedipus. “The play is a study in leadership, and since we live in a country so riven by opposing views of what constitutes ...
The New York Times

With ‘Oedipus,’ Robert Icke’s Radical Vision Comes to Broadway

Performances in N.Y.C. Icke dusts off the classics the way a restorer brightens an old master painting. His latest project stars Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. The actors Mark Strong, left, and ...
BroadwayWorld

Oedipus Rex Revival

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