A Particle of Dread
In A Particle of Dread, Sam Shepard takes one of the most famous plays in history—Oedipus Rex—and transforms it into a modern American classic. In this telling, Oedipus, King of Thebes, prophesized to kill his father and marry his mother, alternates between his classical identity and that of...
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In A Particle of Dread, Sam Shepard takes one of the most famous plays in history—Oedipus Rex—and transforms it into a modern American classic. In this telling, Oedipus, King of Thebes, prophesized to kill his father and marry his mother, alternates between his classical identity and that of contemporary "Otto." His wife (and true mother), Jocasta, is also called Jocelyn,
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ISBN:
9781101974391
Publisher: Vintage
Pages no: 128
Edition language: English
https://msarki.tumblr.com/post/157911833843/a-particle-of-dread-by-sam-shepardShepard's interesting and well-written dialogue will be wasted on a reader generally ill-informed and unversed in oedipal constructions. And personal indifference brought to any creative work results in a failure of experi...
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