A few years ago there was a great Greek play. It still has great impact and the script has been turned into a movie. Rumor has it that the title of this column will be on the Marque.

The main character of the play is Oedipus, the future King of Thebes. Rumor on the boulevard has casting looking seriously at Mark Wahlberg or his brother Danny. They have the personalities to portray Oedipus. Action with great facial recognition and emoting skills.

Later, as a cameo will be a great new actor, Tony Fauci as Sigmund Freud who took the play and made a complete fabric of psychiatric analysis. It seems logical but Oedipus did not need the advice of Mr. Freud. He was clueless and not consumed by the syndrome. He was a super puzzle solver however. We get down to the riddles he solved.

“What goes on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon and three in the evening?” The answer (spoiler alert) A baby, a man and a man with a walking stick.

There was another riddle, it is not certain it will be in the film; “There are two sisters, one gives birth to the other and she in turn, gives birth to the first” This one is not in the script. Too hard as the riddle was a more recent addition and even harder than the first. The answer is, the sisters are day and night. Good riddle, but the audiences will be baffled again and as a teaser for the preview it is one too many.

So the movie/play goes on (it was performed in many venues including London’s famous Royal Opera house) It should be directed by noted critic of almost everything, our current president, but he is not capable at this time to direct anything.

The ending is tragic in the original play and may not sit well with audiences or critics who usually enjoy these types of films. The main character blinds himself and his mother commits suicide. That could be rewritten with Caveats to the playwright. He has been dead for a number of years and the agency that represented him no longer exists either.

So, the credits will feature the original playwright, Sophocles and his old office building up on Mars hill in Athens. His writings are now available in your local library or on Amazon. A good author who had some great ideas that were well received and still are. He was not available for an interview for the rushes.

If you like intrigue, plots with surprising twists accompanied by tragedy, this play and soon to be movie is for you! Bring a college student of the classics who the explain the original play. It’s pretty good. Jack Gator