Oedipus Rex: 2 -- The Character of Oedipus

Unravel the riddle of a king with Oedipus Rex: 2 -- The Character of Oedipus, a piercing archival lesson from the Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada, where Bernard Knox casts Sophocles’ tragedy as a mid-century detective tale. This reel unfurls—Oedipus strides, blind to fate, his pride a torch, probing Thebes’ curse with relentless will. The camera hums—Knox dissects: a clash of Greece’s old gods and new reason flares, scenes pulse—Oedipus confronts shepherds, defies oracles, motives crack like shattered urns. Grainy frames hum—masks loom, voices chant—a mid-20th-century lens on a soul’s doomed chase, ancient yet alive. Archival Moments revives this tragic probe—subscribe to unveil through more from the reels of history!