Oedipus Rex is a classic Greek play, fitting the Aristotelian mould of tragedy. In my production of this piece, I would like to set it in a post-apocalyptic, futuristic stetting. In doing this, I would like to draw parallels between modern audiences and the original role of the audience for which the play was written. I am also incorporating the ideas of Artaud, namely his target of Theatre of Cruelty; 'Theatre will never be itself …showed first 75 words of 1626 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1626 total…what their role as audience is. Bibliography Aristotle<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Poetics, trans. Stephen Halliwell (Duckworth, 1987) Artaud, Antonin<Tab/>Antonin Artaud, Collected Works Volume four (John Calder, 1997) Macintosh, Ian<Tab/><Tab/><Tab/>Architecture, Actor and Audience (Routeledge, 1993)<Tab/><Tab/>