Oedipus (Dryden play) and decorative poetic language, the audience's strong lust for stage action, visual effects, intensive conflicts and complex plots, all changed Greek tragedy in the Restoration era. Oedipus (Dryden play) The heroic drama Oedipus: A Tragedy, is an adaption of Sophocles' "Oedipus Rex", written by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. After being licensed in 1678 and published in 1679, it became a huge success on stage during the Restoration period. "Oedipus, a Tragedy" may today have an unintended comic effect, given the bloodthirsty ending of the drama. In past centuries, however, there was a wide range of views, ranging from enthusiasm
Oedipus Rex Schickele parodies both the story of "Oedipus rex" and the music of Stravinsky's oratorio-opera of the same name in "Oedipus Tex", a Western-themed oratorio purportedly written by P.D.Q. Bach, released in 1990 on the album "Oedipus Tex and Other Choral Calamities". Chrysanthos Mentis Bostantzoglou makes a parody of this tragedy in his comedy "Medea" (1993). In episode ten of the second season of '"CNNNN"', an Australian satirical television program made by The Chaser, a short animation in the style of a Disney movie trailer, complete with jaunty music provided by Andrew Hansen, parodies "Oedipus Rex". Apart from being advertised as