Oedipus Rex (1923)

Original id:

1716

Start date:

25 October 1923

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Adaptation

Production notes:

This was Martin-Harvey's interpretation of the play in which he had starred over a decade earlier under the direction of Max Reinhardt (ID 557).

Media of production:

Stage-play

Languages:

English

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Oedipus the King	Sophocles AKA Sophokles
Oedipus Rex	Gilbert Murray (1866-1975)

Person	Role	Notes
William Leonard Courtney	Adaptor	adapted Murray's translation for this production
Fred Grove	Actor	Tiresias
Miriam Lewes	Actor	Jocasta
John Martin-Harvey	Actor	Oedipus
John Martin-Harvey	Director
Gordon McLeod	Actor	Creon

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
Century Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)		25 October, 1923
Opera House (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)		26 November, 1923

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994	Book	library	35
Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production	Book	library	358	1591
At the crossing of three ways	Newspaper cutting
The play	Newspaper cutting
Martin-Harvey plays Oedipus	Newspaper cutting

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