Ian Johnston's translation was good - it used fairly modern idiom making this trilogy of plays more accessible. The cast was excellent.

This time rereading Oedipus the King, I was struck by the thought that his curse was really the hot temper Oedipus apparently inherited from his father. If the two of them had been able to be calmer when they met, the whole tragedy could have been avoid.

And rereading all 3 plays back-to-back made Cleon's change from maligned but reasonable man in the 1st play to intolerant tyrant in the last one more startling. ( )