{"product_id":"9781839043598-oedipus-icke","title":"Oedipus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eSophocles' epic tragedy transformed into an essential, explosive human thriller by visionary director Robert Icke.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Time turns, sets a backward course, starts for the start with speed: the fragile moments drop unravelling, reversing, unwound, back to the beginning.'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eElection night. The polls predict a landslide victory. Everything is about to change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning writer and director Robert Icke transforms Sophocles' epic tragedy into an essential and explosive political thriller.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst performed in Dutch in 2018 at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the Edinburgh International Festival, this arresting version of \u003cem\u003eOedipus\u003c\/em\u003e received its English-language premiere at Wyndham's Theatre in London's West End in 2024, produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, and starring Mark Strong and Lesley Manville. The production won Icke the Best Director Award at the 2025 Critics' Circle Theatre Awards, as well as Best Actor and Best Actress for its leads, and the production won Best Revival at the 2025 Olivier Awards. It transferred to Broadway in December 2025, and went on to win Outstanding Adaptation at the 2026 Drama Desk Awards.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRobert Icke is one of the most visionary figures in theatre today, celebrated for his contemporary re-imaginings of classic texts by Shakespeare, Schiller, Chekhov, Aeschylus and Ibsen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Robert Icke is the great hope of British theatre'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eTime Out\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41617208934497,"sku":"9781839043598","price":8.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36018601.jpg?v=1757558242","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781839043598-oedipus-icke","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}