Original id:
278
Start date:
11 May 1965
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Production notes:
Performed alongside Oedipus at Colonus (ID 807)
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
Oedipus the King (1965)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Oedipus the King | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| Oedipus the King | Kenneth Cavander |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Allan | Actor | Chorus |
| Edward Argent | Actor | Chorus |
| Timothy Bateson | Actor | Shepherd |
| James Bolam | Actor | Attendant |
| Sonia Dresdel | Actor | Queen Jocasta |
| Robert Eddison | Actor | High Priest |
| Colin Ellis | Actor | Tiresias |
| Robert Gillespie | Actor | Chorus |
| Alexander Goehr | Composer | |
| Frederick Hall | Actor | Man of Corinth |
| Verna Harvey | Actor | the Child Ismene |
| Roy Hills | Actor | the Child Antigone |
| Esmond Knight | Actor | Creon |
| Robert Midgley | Director | |
| Bernard Miles | Actor | Oedipus |
| Douglas Milvain | Actor | Chorus |
| Adrian Vaux | Set Designer |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mermaid Theatre (London, Greater London, England) | 10 May, 1965 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thespis: Bulletin of the Greek Center of the ITI. Vols 4-5 (June 1966) | Journal | library | 91 | |
| Oedipus the King and Oedipus at Colonus | Programme | archive | ||
| Living Greek Theatre: A Handbook of Classical Performance and Modern Production | Book | library | 345 | |
| Mermaid Theatre | Ticket | archive | ||
| This is a brave attempt at two mighty plays | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Mermaid's bold try at Sophocles | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Sad furies of puddle dock | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Bernard Miles's … | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Mermaid | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Review: Sophocles at the Mermaid | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Three b&w images from newspapers | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Oedipus | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Theatre World Annual 1966 | Photocopy | archive |
How to cite this production
Oedipus the King (1965), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/278 <8 October 2024>