Original id:
1658
Start date:
1 February 1953
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
Oedipus Rex (ID 1658) and Oedipus at Colonus (ID 5194) were staged together.
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
Oedipus Rex (1953)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Oedipus the King | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| Oedipus Rex | E. F. Watling |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eileen Barry | Actor | |
| Lewis Casson | Actor | |
| Ernest Hare | Actor | |
| Rosalind Iden | Actor | |
| Tom Lingwood | Set & Costume Designer | |
| Harold Pinter | Actor | |
| Ellen Pollock | Actor | |
| Rosabel Watson | Orchestra director | |
| Donald Wolfit | Actor | Oedipus |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| King's Theatre (Hammersmith, Greater London, England) |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production | Book | library | 344 | |
| Email from Trevor J. Saunders to Edith Hall | Print-out | archive | ||
| Red-letter nights at Hammersmith | Print-out | archive | ||
| A Season of Shakespeare and Sophocles: Oedipus | Programme | archive | ||
| Programme: Oedipus by Sophocles | Print-out |
How to cite this production
Oedipus Rex (1953), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/1658 <4 October 2024>