Oedipus the King

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Sophocles AKA Sophokles
Original id: 
540
Languages: 
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
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Information related to this script

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)
Ion (1852) 1852 Sadler's Wells (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus (1852) 1852 unknown venue (Munich, Free State of Bavaria, Germany)
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)
König Oedipus (1867) 1867 unknown venue (Meiningen, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Ion Foundling of Argos! (1867) 1867 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
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)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1877) 1877 unknown venue (Greece)
Ion (1877) 1877 Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States), unknown venue (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus the King (1881) 1881 University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1881) 1881 Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts, United States)
Œdipe roi (1881) 1881 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipus Rex (1881) 1881
Oedipus (1881) 1881 unknown venue (Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
Ion (1881) 1881 unknown venue (United States)
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)
Œdipe Roi (1885 - 1886) 1885 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Udib, aw al-sir al-ha'il [Oedipus, or the Great Secret] (1885 - 1899) 1885
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)
Oedipus the King (1888) 1888 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
Œdipe-Roi (1888) 1888 Ancient Theatre of Orange (Orange, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Král Oidipus (1889) 1889 Národní Divadlo (Prague, Hlavní město Praha, Czech Republic)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1889) 1889 Unity Church (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)
Oedipus (1889) 1889 Grinnell College, Iowa College (Grinnell, Iowa, United States)
Oedipus (1889) 1889 Unity Church (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)
Tableaux of scenes from Greek Plays (1890) 1890 Torquay Bath Saloons, Marine Spa (Torquay, Torbay, England)
Oedipus (1890) 1890 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Oedipus the King Donald Sutherland Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos N. Kontopoulos Translation
Oedipus: King and Exile Kelly Yeaton Adaptation
Edipo Re Vittorio Gassman Translation
König Oidipus Helmut Schäfer Translation
Oedipus Rex E. F. Watling Translation
Oedipe Bernardo Barbiere Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Professor Harue Yamagata Translation
Oedipus Felice Bellotti Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus Vasilis Papavasileiou Translation
Edipo Re Manara Valgimigli Translation
City of Wine (Harmonia; Pentheus; Laius; Jocasta; Oedipus; Creon; Seven) Ned Dickens Adaptation
Oedipus Now James Roose-Evans Adaptation
Oedipus Gertrude Prellwitz Adaptation
Oidipus the Tyrant Lord Edward Longford Adaptation
Oedipe André Gide Adaptation
Œdipus: A Tragedy John Dryden, Nathaniel Lee Adaptation
Král Oidipus Josef Končinský Translation
Oedipe roi Jean Bollack, Mayotte Bollack
Oedipe roi Jean Bollack, Mayotte Bollack
Oedipus the King John Lewin Adaptation
Edipo Re Giusto Monaco Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Angelos Vlachos Translation
Edipo Re Dario del Corno Adaption
Le nom d’Oedipe: Chant du corps interdit Hélène Cixous Distant relative
König Ödipus Rudolf Bayr Translation
Oedipus Rex Shaul Tchernichovsky Translation
Król Edyp Ludwik Hieronim Morstin Translation
El Resplan Dor de la Hoguera Ramón Del Valle-Inclan Adaptation
Oedipus der Herrscher Heinz Lipmann Adaptation
Oedipus David Greig Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Gilbert Murray (1866-1975) Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus Theo Wassenaar Translation
Where is Oedipus? Şahika Tekand Adaptation
Oedipus Rex K. Zelniskogo Translation
Oedipus Emil Staiger Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus B. Tuncel Translation
The Gods are Not to Blame Ola Rotimi Adaptation
Kong Oidipus E. Vandvik Translation
Król Edyp Stanisław Dygat Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus Marianne McDonald Translation
The Whole World is Watching Scott Feldsher, Douglas Jacobs Adaptation
Oedipus Rex M. Nasta Translation
The Whole World is Watching Scott Feldsher, Douglas Jacobs Adaptation
Oedipus Rex J. Kausha Translation
The Darker Face of the Earth Rita Dove Adaptation
Oedipus the King Kenneth Cavander Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Costis Livadeas AKA Κωστης Λειβαδεας Translation
Oedipe Pierre Corneille Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Dudley Fitts, Robert S. Fitzgerald Translation

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