Oedipus Rex (1956)

Original id:

724

Start date:

1 January 1956

Degree of relationship to ancient play:

Translation

Production notes:

Oedipus was played by James Mason in 1954 (ID 256) and by Douglas Campbell in the 1955 revival (ID 5875). The production was filmed in 1956 (ID 724).

Media of production:

Film

Languages:

English

Companies:

Ancient works:

Information related to this production

Script	Author(s)
Oedipus the King	Sophocles AKA Sophokles
King Oedipus (1926)	William Butler Yeats

Venue	Festival	Dates	Notes
unknown venue (Canada)

Source	Format	Location if held at the APGRD	Pagination
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy	Book	library	312
Greek Tragedy into Film	Photocopy	library	181-182
Oedipus Rex - videotape of film	Videotape	archive
A chronological list of film adaptations of ancient Greek plays	Personal notes	library
Email from Jane Edmonds to Amanda Wrigley	Print-out	archive
Reception Studies	Book	library	73
Dionysus Since 69: Greek Tragedy at the Dawn of the Third Millennium	Book	library	375

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