It's a long while since I read Oedipus Rex. If you'd asked me I'd have sworn that the revelation about Oedipus being the cause came quite near the end, but that may be because that's where it would 'conventionally' be, and my memory has adjusted things accordingly.
Timon of Athens occurs to me as another Shakespearian candidate.
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Date: 2017-03-13 10:44 am (UTC)Timon of Athens occurs to me as another Shakespearian candidate.