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3w. / 80 minutes

Cast

Jocasta	Queen of Thebes
Ismene	Mother of Jocasta...
Iris	The Queen's first maidservant

Synopsis

A new twist on a classic tale of love, lies and the other woman in the Oedipus Complex.

This taut, humorous and ironic journey takes a second look at the myth of Oedipus from HER point of view. Jocasta and her mother Ismene have a tense reunion on the eve of her marriage to the stranger, Oedipus. Ten years later Jocasta and her first maidservant must deal with the truth about the man she married, loved and must leave behind.

Setting

The Queen's bedroom

Time

ACT I ­ Eve of wedding to Oedipus
ACT II ­ Ten years later

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