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
Tableaux of scenes from Greek Plays (1890) 1890 Torquay Bath Saloons, Marine Spa (Torquay, Torbay, England)
Oedipus (1891) 1891 unknown venue (Utrecht, Provincie Utrecht, Netherlands)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1893) 1893 Theatro Olympia (Athens, Attica, Greece)
[Scenes from Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus] (1893) 1893 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Mata-mata Igai [Surprizes One After Another] (1894) 1894 unknown venue (Japan)
Œdipe-Roi (1894 - 1899) 1894 Abbey's Theater (New York City, New York, United States), Broad Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States), Demotiko Theatro, Municipal Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece), Ancient Theatre of Orange (Orange, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Król Edyp (1895) 1895 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1895) 1895 unknown venue (Greece)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Albion College (Albion, Michigan, United States)
Oedipus Tyrrannus (1895) 1895 University of the South (Sewanee, Tennessee, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States), Central Music Hall (Chicago, State of Illinois, United States)
Jokaste (1896) 1896 unknown venue (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)
Oedipus (1898) 1898 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1898) 1898 Ripon College (Ripon, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1899) 1899 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
Król Edyp (1899) 1899 Scena Doliny Szwajcarskiej (Warszaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus (1900) 1900 unknown venue (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus (1901) 1901 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1901) 1901 Demotiko Theatro, Municipal Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Oedipus (1901) 1901 unknown venue (Gera, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Oedipus (1901) 1901 unknown venue (Annaberg, Lower Austria, Austria)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1902) 1902 Kypotheatro Nikos Kazantazis (Heraklion, Crete, Greece)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1903 - 1906) 1903 Vasiliko Theatro, Royal Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece), Theatro Tzitzinia (Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt), Chedivikon Theatre (Cairo, Muḩāfaz̧at al Qāhirah, Egypt), unknown venue (Greece)
Oedipus Rex (1903) 1903 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1903) 1903 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Edipo Re (1904) 1904 Ancient Theatre of Fiesole, Teatro Romano (Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy)
Oedipus (1905) 1905 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1906 - 1908) 1906 Ancient Stadium of Athens, Panathinaïko Stadio (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Playboy of the Western World (1907) 1907 Abbey Theatre (Dublin, Munster, Republic of Ireland)
Król Edyp (1908) 1908 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1908) 1908 Wabash College (Crawfordsville, State of Indiana, United States)
Oedipus Rex (1909) 1909 Nemzeti Színház, National Theatre (Budapest, Budapest főváros, Hungary)
Oedipus (1909) 1909 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1910) 1910 Theatro Sporting Club (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1910) 1910 Theatro Alambra (Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate, Egypt)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1910 - 1911) 1910 Theatro Variété (Athens, Attica, Greece), Theatro Apollon (Sýros, Greece)
Oedipus the King (1910) 1910 University of California (Berkeley, State of California, United States)
Król Edyp (1910) 1910 Teatr Miejski, Municipal Theatre (L'viv, L’vivs’ka Oblast’, Ukraine)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
Oedipus (1910) 1910 unknown venue (Republic of Italy)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Clark University (Bedford, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910 - 1911) 1910 Musikfesthalle (Munich, Free State of Bavaria, Germany), unknown venue (Leipzig, Saxony, Germany), unknown venue (Vienna, Vienna, Austria), unknown venue (Zurich, Kanton Zürich, Switzerland), Zirkus Schumann (-1918) (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany), unknown venue (Budapest, Budapest főváros, Hungary)
Oedipus Rex (1911) 1911 unknown venue (England)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1911 - 1921) 1911 Demotiko Theatro, Municipal Theatre (Vólos, Thessaly, Greece), Theatro Sporting Club (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey), Vasiliko Theatro, Royal Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece), Demotiko Theatro, Municipal Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece), Theatro Kentrikon, Central Theatre (Athens, Attica, Greece), Theatro Dionysia (Athens, Attica, Greece), Theatro Variété (Istanbul, Istanbul Province, Turkey), Theatro Smyrnis (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 unknown venue (Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 Ancient Theatre of Fiesole, Teatro Romano (Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy)
Oedipus Rex (1911) 1911 Irving Place Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1912) 1912 unknown venue (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, 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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