The Royal Shakespeare Company has taken Oedipus Rex and made some changes with it in their film, some of which make sense and some others that do not seem to make sense in my eyes. The fact that they used more than 2 to 4 actors seems to be a logical decision by today's standards and essentially only takes away a small portion of the play and may even help it's dramatic effect. The company also took the clothes and costumes of the characters and modernized their look, which strikes me as odd because this seems to take away a large portion of the visual affect. The biggest change that seemed noticeable to me was the fact that the R.S.C. decided to take the script and update the dialogue with today's language and structure. Even though the play follows the same timeline of events and gets the same point across, I still feel that

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