?Can Oedipus the King play be adapted to moderns firms and still be successful. Twenty-five hundred years ago, two thousand years before Shakespeare, Western theater was born in Athens, Greece. Between 600 and 200 BC, the ancient Athenians created a theater culture whose form, technique and terminology have lasted two millennia, and they created plays that are still considered among the greatest works of world drama. Oedipus the King is one of those ancient Greek play written by Sophocles. It was written as tragedy or the tragedy movement. It's about a man that tries to avoid a prediction that an oracle has made him. There have been few modern version of this piece of art created in a modern society. Oedipus was first performed in 429 BC with the plot of a dramatic tragedy. Greek theater was very different from what we call theater today. Since time change and the entertainment industry also change, a modern version of Oedipus can be very challenging. Adapting apiece as is Oedipus the King could very difficult for modern's producers and actors.
             Greek tragedy was written in a society very different from our society now days. Attending to this type of performance was an act of worship not an act of entertainment, which means that people felt they were more obligated than, entertained. This plays an important part of how the Greek society viewed the show. Today's society has a much different culture than the Greek in 429 BC. Including the Greek society of today. Now day's people do not believe in the supernatural as they did before. When the Greek civilization was watching a play the believed that what was happening in the play could actually happen in real life, so a play was a representation of real life for Greek society. Also the way the Greek community saw and understands life is very different than how we now see life. They did not know about the natural cause of things, they believe and the Gods and that everything that happen...