"Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles (1984 TV) Part 3/12

[rgaleny]

The meaning of his fate is that he suffers for his ignorance. A tragic Flaw.

[rgaleny]

The Dialogue is lean and direct. Is it too much like a TALKING HEADS style. Does it need to breathe more, somehow. It doesn't chew on the scenery at all.

[SuperTruth77]

Lol- love the way the chorus all turn into tabloid jounalists at 8.29- having condemned him, they slaver over the whole juicy story...

[bigrobdeezey]

I feel terrible for Oedipus. It seems that everyone else in these stories knowingly choose their own fate, but poor Oedipus simply lived out a pre-written story that would've happened no matter the choices he made.

[peterobs]

no no no no YES! From the Vicar of Dibley. One of the leaders of the Chorus. It's awful - Its not his fault - He didn't know and his poor children.... Bad luck? Love it!!!!

[harrietmarlowe]

The 'old guy' is Oedipus the ex king of Thebes. In the first of the two tragedies by Sophocles,Oedipus the King, the eponymous hero upon discovering he had married his mother (Jokasta) and fathered children by her blinds himself at the feet of his dead queen (a suicide). The second tragedy, the one here, Oedipus at Colonus (a woods near Athens), has Oedipus an exile supported by his daughter Antigone, the 2nd girl is the other daughter Ismene. He curses his two sons, Eteocles & Polynices.

[BroadwayNewbie]

This is wonderfully done.

[dondiomj]

who is who? whos the girl, whos the 2nd daughter and whos the old guy?