54th St. New York City. Oedipus' two sons were supposed to rule Thebes in tandem. But Eteocles took complete control and forced his brother out of the city and is now sole king. Eteocles has been ...

Ellen Stewart, La Mama's guardian angel, has staged an extraordinary version of Aeschylus' "Seven Against Thebes." Under her direction, The Great Jones Repertory Company (one of La Mama's resident ...

His "Thebaid: Seven Against Thebes" ($55) will be published by John Hopkins University Press in December. Statius' epic strongly influenced European literature, Ross says. It also provides an apt ...

When its cast catapults into full-throttle dance numbers, The Seven-- Will Power's hip-hop adaptation of Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes-- soars ... t in the original play -- but become developed ...

SYNOPSIS: After the War of the Seven Against Thebes, Antigone, the daughter of Oedipus, learns that her brothers have killed each other, having been forced onto opposing sides of the battle.