Oedipus

Cast list:

VOICE: The Sphinx. It is a voice of chilling and irrevocable authority.

CHILD: a boy. He can be incorporated into the chorus as a singer. He can also be used to lead Tiresias on and off.

CHORUS: (No fewer than 6)

FORMIDABLE CITIZENS OF THEBES, mostly middle-aged.

OEDIPUS: A man in the prime of life, late twenties to early thirties.

CREON: Forties or fifties. A good man in a bad time.

TIRESIAS: Ageless, otherworldly and awesome. Can be played by either a man or a woman.

JOCASTA: Forties or fifties, vital and elegant.

CORINTHIAN MESSENGER: An older man, kind and optimistic.

THE SHEPHERD: An older man who has seen too much.