Original id:
6733
Start date:
10 January 1755
End date:
15 January 1755
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
Script | Author(s) |
---|---|
Oedipus the King | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
Œdipus: A Tragedy | John Dryden |
Oedipus | Seneca |
Person | Role | Notes |
---|---|---|
[female] Bellamy | Actor | Eurydice |
Thomas Sheridan Jr. | Actor | Oedipus |
[male] Sparks | Actor | Creon |
[female] Woffington | Actor | Jocasta |
Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England) | 10 January, 1755 to 15 January, 1755 |
Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
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Greek Tragedy and the British Theatre, 1660-1914 | Book | library | 3, 565; b&w image of Betterton in the title role at 4 |
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1755), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/6733 <16 October 2024>