OEDIPUS MITEM 16
Based on translation by Miloš Đurić
On OEDIPUS
(Excerpt of conversation between dramaturg, director and YDT artistic director)
Gorčin: And why is Oedipus in a tavern instead of some fancy restaurant?
Vesna: A tavern is more intimate.
Vito: More democratic.
Gorčin: A mixing zone...
Vesna: A mixing zone.
Vito: There we are all equal. Just as Oedipus is first among equals, that is how I understand how he rules which he, of course, rejects once he is wandering through fog seeking truth. And resorts to violence. Renounces basic principles, rationality.
Gorčin: The rational side of him wins out eventually?
Vito: Yes, yes. That’s it.