'Oedipus' =on the couch From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: May 4, 2007 | Copyright 2007 Chicago Sun-Times. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Frank Galati grows feverish as he explains the compulsion at work in that cornerstone of Western drama, Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex."

"It is the nightmare of being caught in an inexorable situation, of being on the way to a catastrophe you don't realize you are responsible for," said Galati, the adapter-director of "Oedipus Complex," a new work that interweaves the iconic ancient Greek play with equally iconic 20th century writings by Freud, including The Interpretation of Dreams.

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