The Devastating Monologue That Is Leaving Audiences Spellbound

Personal history emerges by painful degrees in “Oedipus,” whose language and story, the actress Lesley Manville says, “wreck me every time.” ...

'Oedipus' star Lesley Manville on intimacy coordinators, modernizing Sophocles for the Epstein era and making her Broadway debut

Lesley Manville is thrilled to be making her Broadway debut in “Oedipus,” but there are a few quirks of New York theatergoing she could do without. For starters, there’s the applause that greets her ...
Yahoo

Oedipus: Mark Strong and Lesley Manville are agonising, but it’s too little, too late

Mark Strong and Lesley Manville in Robert Icke’s production of Oedipus - Manuel Harlan In the corner of the wide white anonymous modern room that comprises the set of Robert Icke’s free adaptation of ...
The New Yorker

Mark Strong, on the Clock

On a break from playing Oedipus in the new Broadway production, the British actor stops by Federal Hall to chat politics, family dynamics, and being mistaken for Stanley Tucci.
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Oedipus,’ With Mark Strong and Lesley Manville, Will Come to Broadway This Fall

The Roundabout Theater Company season will also include a revival of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' directed by Sam Pinkleton. By Caitlin Huston Business Writer Created and directed by Robert Icke, ...
The Conversation

Why we’ll keep finding meaning in the ‘Oedipus Rex’ plague drama far beyond COVID-19

Lynn Kozak has worked for and consulted with Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre. They have received funding from SSHRC and, through Scapegoat Carnivale, the Canada Council for the Arts. McGill University ...