{"id":1837,"date":"2011-11-10T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T02:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=1837"},"modified":"2021-06-03T09:24:19","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:24:19","slug":"oedipus-at-leeward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2011\/11\/10\/oedipus-at-leeward\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Oedipus takes Leeward campus stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/oedipus200px.jpg\" alt=\"Play poster depicting man with stark pale face and words Oedipus the King\" width=\"200\" height=\"301\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/oedipus200px.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/oedipus200px-172x260.jpg 172w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sophocles&#8217; classic play <em>Oedipus the King<\/em> opens at Leeward Community College on Friday and runs for six performances at the <a href=\"http:\/\/lcctheatre.hawaii.edu\/\">Leeward Community College Theatre<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Shows are scheduled November 11 and 12 at 8 p.m., November 13 at 4 p.m., and  November 17&#8211;19 at 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Modernized and set in a corporate board room, in a translation by Robert Fagles, the power of this classic play is undiminished. By the end, Oedipus has gouged his eyes out upon recognizing the repercussions of his unrelenting pursuit of the truth.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are $18 advance or $23 at the door for adults. Students, seniors (60+), and military are $15. Children twelve and under are $10.<\/p>\n<p>For tickets or more information, call (808) 944-2697.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sophocles classic play Oedipus the King opens at Leeward Community College on Friday, November 11 and runs for six performances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[65,196,130],"class_list":["post-1837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-leeward-community-college-theatre","tag-theatre","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1837"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142929,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1837\/revisions\/142929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}