Sophocles: Oedipus Rex

Thu Sep 09, 2010

20:30

Location

Pattichion Municipal Amphitheatre
Nikolaou G. Dimitriou Street
Larnaca, Larnaca 6031

Phone: 22208400

Description

S. Evangelatos AMPHI-THEATRE

The action takes place on the last day of Oedipus role at Thebes. The city has been visited by a terrible plague. Oedipus has sent to ask Apollo's oracle about the cause of the infection. The answers come back that Thebes is being polluted by the presence of King Laius murderer. Oedipus determines to find the criminal and punish him.

Direction: Spyros A. Evangelatos
Music: Giannis Anastasopoulos
Cast: Constantinos Markoulakis, Karyofyllia Karabeti, Nikos Arvanitis, Manos Vakousis, Thanasis Kourlambas, Nikolas Papagiannis, Costas Antalopoulos, Sotiris Tsakomidis.

The AMPHI-THEATRE was founded in 1975. It has focused its attention on three main sectors of the theater: the ancient Greek drama, the Greek theater of the period between 1600-1900 and at the same time, it has regularly produced plays by classical and cotemporary foreign writers. Throughout the 38 years of its continous presence, the AMPHI-THEATRE has produced more than 90 plays.

Within the framework of the KYPRIA International Festival

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