Oedipus the King

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Sophocles AKA Sophokles
Original id: 
540
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Production First performed Venues
Ion (1836) 1836 Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England)
Ion (1836) 1836 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Oedipus Rex (1845) 1845 Königliches Schauspielhaus / Konzerthaus (1821-), Königliches Schauspielhaus, Staatstheater, Staatstheater Großes Haus, Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Konzerthaus (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Ion (1845) 1845 Bowery Theater (New York City, New York, United States)
Ion (1845) 1845 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Ion (1846) 1846 King's Theatre in the Haymarket (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus (1847) 1847 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Ion (1848) 1848 Brasenose College (Oxford, County of Oxfordshire, England), unknown venue (Henley on Thames, County of Oxfordshire, England)
Oedipus (1852) 1852 unknown venue (Munich, Free State of Bavaria, Germany)
Ion (1852) 1852 Sadler's Wells (London, Greater London, England)
Ion (1853) 1853 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Ion (1853) 1853 unknown venue (United States)
Oedipe Roi (1858) 1858 Théâtre Français (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Ion; or Foundling of Argos (1859) 1859 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Ion (1861) 1861 Sadler's Wells (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1861) 1861 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Ion (1866) 1866 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
Ion Foundling of Argos! (1867) 1867 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
König Oedipus (1867) 1867 unknown venue (Meiningen, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1868) 1868 Ancient Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Oedipus (1869) 1869 unknown venue (Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannos (1870) 1870 Theatro Smyrnis-Kameranou (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey)
König Oedipus; Oedipus auf Kolonos; Antigone (1872) 1872 Nationaltheater (Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany)
Oedipus (1873) 1873 unknown venue (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus (1875) 1875 unknown venue (Darmstadt, Hesse, Germany)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1876) 1876 Demotiko Theatro, Municipal Theatre (Piraeus, Attica, Greece)
Ion (1877) 1877 Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States), unknown venue (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1877) 1877 unknown venue (Greece)
Oedipus Rex (1881) 1881
Ion (1881) 1881 unknown venue (United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1881) 1881 Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts, United States)
Œdipe roi (1881) 1881 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipus the King (1881) 1881 University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus (1881) 1881 unknown venue (Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
Oedipus the King (1882) 1882 Globe Theatre (Boston, Massachusetts, United States), Booth's Theater (New York City, New York, United States)
Oedipus the King (1882) 1882 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
Udib, aw al-sir al-ha'il [Oedipus, or the Great Secret] (1885 - 1899) 1885
Œdipe Roi (1885 - 1886) 1885 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
König Oedipus (1886 - 1887) 1886 Burgtheater (Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
Oidipous (1887) 1887 unknown venue (Greece)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1887) 1887 Theatro Olympion, Theatre of the Olympians (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1887) 1887 St Andrew's Hall Theatre (1882-1895), Theatre Royal, New Theatre (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, England)
Œdipe-Roi (1888) 1888 Ancient Theatre of Orange (Orange, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Oedipus the King (1888) 1888 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1889) 1889 Unity Church (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)
Král Oidipus (1889) 1889 Národní Divadlo (Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic)
Oedipus (1889) 1889 Grinnell College, Iowa College (Grinnell, Iowa, United States)
Oedipus (1889) 1889 Unity Church (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)
Oedipus (1890) 1890 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1890) 1890 Owen's College (Manchester, City and Borough of Manchester, England)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Edipo Tiranno Orsatto Giustiniani Translation
Oedipus Tyrannos Theodore Brunner, Luci Berkowitz Translation
Benki-ni Matagatta Iocaste [Jocasta on the Toilet-Bowl] T. Takagi Distant relative
The Gospel at Colonus Lee Breuer Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Bernard Knox Translation
Oedipus Tyrannos Theodore Brunner, Luci Berkowitz Translation
Greek Steven Berkoff Adaptation
Jocaste Michèle Fabien Adaptation
Oedipus Dare Clubb Adaptation
Kuningas Oidipus Ülo Torpats, Ain Kaalep Translation
Kuningas Oidipus Ülo Torpats, Ain Kaalep Translation
Oedipus Heinrich Weinstock Translation
Oedipus Christopher Stace Translation
Oedipus Rex Anthony Burgess Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Sadao Nakajima, Takeo Kamura Translation
Oidipús Vladař Jan Skácel Translation
Oedipus Rex Charles Nolte Translation
Edipo Re Guido Paduano Translation
Oedipus Rex Sadao Nakajima, Takeo Kamura Translation
Jocasta Philip Freund Distant relative
Oedipus Tyrannos Timberlake Wertenbaker Translation
Oidipus-no Kora [The Children of Oedipus] Masaki Domoto Adaptation
Oedipus Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Translation
Oidipus Boya-no Hanzai Hakusho [The Whitepaper on the Crime of Little Oedipus] Masahumi Chinen Distant relative
Oedipus Peter Krumme Translation
Edyp królem Artur Sandauer Translation
Oedipus the King Robert Fagles Translation
Koning Oidipous Evert Straat Translation
Oedipus Mary Elizabeth Burke-Kennedy Adaptation
Œdipus: A Tragedy John Dryden, Nathaniel Lee Adaptation
Oedipus Tyrannus David Grene Translation
Edipo Re Dalila Curiazi Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Masakazu Yamagata Translation
Oedipus Rex Dudley Fitts, Robert S. Fitzgerald Translation
O Édipo de Alfama Antonio Marinheiro Adaptation
Ion Thomas Noon Talfourd Adaptation
Oedipus und Iokaste August Klingemann Adaptation
Oedipus Blake Morrison Adaptation
Œdipe roi Jacques Lacarrière Adaptation
König Oedipus Adolf Wilbrandt Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Vasilis Ritsos Translation
Král Oidipús Petr Borkovec Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Tonis Tsirmbinos Adaptation
Oedipus the King Ranjit Bolt Translation
Oedipus the King Jatinder Verma Adaptation
Oedipus Tyrannus Kostis Kolotas Translation
Edipo Re Ettore Romagnoli Translation
Ödipus Heiner Müller (1929-1995) Adaptation
Ödipuskommentar Heiner Müller (1929-1995)
Oedipus Tyrannus Gail Rademacher Adaptation
Title Contributors Year Relationship
L'Oedipe et l'Electre de Sophocle traduits du grec en françois avec des remarques (1692) André Dacier 1692 Translation
Oedipe, tragédie de Sophocle, et Les Oiseaux, comédie d'Aristophane, traduites par feu M. Boivin de l'Académie française (1729) Jean Boivin ((1663-1726)) 1729 Translation
Le Théâtre des Grecs (1730) André Charles Brotier, Pierre Brumoy, Pierre Prévost, Guillaume Dubois de Rochefort (1731-1788), Gabriel, de François Jean La Porte du Theil (1742-1815) 1730 Translation
Théâtre de Sophocle, traduit en entier, avec des remarques et un examen de chaque pièce, précédé d'un discours sur les difficultés qui se rencontrent dans la traduction des poètes tragiques grecs et d'une vie de Sophocle (1788) Guillaume Dubois de Rochefort (1731-1788) 1788 Translation
Tragédies de Sophocle traduites en français par M. Artaud (1827) Nicolas Louis Marie Artaud (1794-1861) 1827 Translation
Oedipe Roi, tragédie, texte en regard avec deux traductions, l'une interlinéaire et l'autre correcte, et des notes, précédée par une notice sur la vie et les oeuvres de Sophocle (1828) Eugène Boutmy, Louis-Antoine Vendel-Heyn 1828 Translation
Tragédies de Sophocle traduites en français avec le texte en regard, par P.A. Clipet, Tome 1er Oedipe Roi (1841) P.-A. Clipet 1841 Translation
Oedipe Roi (1842) Emilien-Louis Hamel 1842 Translation
Oedipe Roi (1843) A.-L. Boyer 1843 Translation
Oedipe Roi (1843) Léon Renier 1843 Translation
Oedipe Roi, tragédie. Traduction française de Ricard revue et corrigée (1848) Dominique Ricard 1848 Translation
Oedipe Roi, traduit par G. Carlet (1850) G. Carlet 1850 Translation
Oedipe Roi (1851) J.-B. Darolles 1851 Translation
Oedipe roi, tragédie de Sophocle, traduite littéralement en vers français (1858) Jules Lacroix 1858 Translation
Théâtre de Sophocle (1862) Eugène Talbot (1814-1894) 1862 Translation
Théâtre de Sophocle: traduction nouvelle, précédée d'une notice biographique, accompagnée de notes explicatives, et suivie des notes de J. Racine sur le théâtre de Sophocle (1870) Emile Pessonneaux 1870 Translation
Sophocle, traduction nouvelle (1877) Charles Marie René Leconte de Lisle (1818-1894) 1877 Translation
Les Tragédies de Sophocle, traduites par M. Bellaguet (1879) Louis Bellaguet (1818-1900) 1879 Translation
Théâtre de Sophocle (1883) Louis Humbert 1883 Translation
Eschyle, Sophocle, Euripide, tome I (extraits) tome II (pièces choisies) (1894) Aimé Puech (1860-1940) 1894 Translation
Sophocle, texte établi et traduit par Paul Masqueray (1922) Paul Masqueray 1922 Translation
Sophocles, tragédies (1950) Paul Mazon 1950 Translation
Théâtre antique (1956) André Bonnard, André Obey 1956 Translation
Oedipe Roi (1985) Jean Bollack, Mayotte Bollack 1985 Translation
Oedipe roi de Sophocle (1994) Victor-Henry Debidour 1994 Translation
Les Tragiques grecs (1999) Victor-Henry Debidour 1999 Translation

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