All three plays concern the fate of Thebes during and after the reign of King Oedipus.

König Ödipus (King Oedipus).

Incidental music for "King Oedipus" (1910.

"Fear - I stand in it like a blind man in darkness," George Ashiotis says onstage at the Mint Space in the role of King Oedipus.

King Oedipus: Peter Herbert, Milenium (Austria)

He died in Venice, having just come from the theater where he had played the role of the blind King Oedipus.

Antigone is a daughter of the unwittingly incestuous marriage between King Oedipus of Thebes and his mother Jocasta.

In 1983 he began directing plays, often adapting classics like King Lear, King Oedipus, and Medea in Los Angeles theaters.

NO sooner has King Oedipus wiped the blood from his eyes than he's tap-dancing up the palace steps.

Though these two works were based, as King Oedipus had been, on Greek mythology, they modernized the settings and incorporated elements of popular music.