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fromVulture
1 hour ago

Mark Strong Answers Every Question We Have About Sherlock Holmes

British actors often play Hollywood villains; Mark Strong's Lord Blackwood in Guy Ritchie's 2009 Sherlock Holmes exemplified that trend and boosted his profile.
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

Mark Strong, on the Clock

Mark Strong portrays a contemporary politician Oedipus on Broadway with an onstage countdown, mixing modern political traits and personal history.
fromBustle
2 weeks ago

Exclusive: The Stars Of 'Oedipus' On Playing One Of Theater's Most Tragic Couples

, the hit play at Studio 54, is writer and director Robert Ickes' modern - and riveting - version of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex. Since that play was written around 425 B.C., I'm not spilling the beans by telling you it's about the King of Thebes (Oedipus) who unknowingly fulfills his destiny by killing his father and marrying his mother. When he discovers what he has done - what he can never "unsee" - he gouges out his eyes.
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