The Thebans
By: translated and adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker from Sophocles' original text.
Contributors: Wertenbaker, Timberlake.
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Sophocles -- Translations into English; Oedipus (Greek mythology) -- Drama; Antigone (Greek mythology) -- Drama
Description: Sophocles' plays stand at the fountain head of world drama, and are brought together here under a collective title; they tell the story of Oedipus, Jocasta and Antigone, and the ancient Greek theme of power, both mortal and godlike, is brought to the fore with stunning vitality.
Table of contents: title: Oedipus tyrannos; title: Oedipus at Colonus; title: Antigone.