Overview
Character Name
Jocasta
Gender
Female
Playing Age
Adult, Mature Adult
Role Size
Supporting
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
palace of oedipus, ancient times, thebes
Analysis
Jocasta is the loving wife of Oedipus, discovered to also be his mother. It is important that she appears slightly older than he, although her age does not have to be drastically above that of Oedipus, since women often bore children in their mid-late teens in Greek
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