Oedipus the King

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

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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Albion College (Albion, Michigan, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1895) 1895 unknown venue (Greece)
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 Tyrannus (1903) 1903 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Oedipus Rex (1903) 1903 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1908) 1908 Wabash College (Crawfordsville, State of Indiana, United States)
Król Edyp (1908) 1908 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus Rex (1909) 1909 Nemzeti Színház, National Theatre (Budapest, Budapest főváros, Hungary)
Oedipus (1909) 1909 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Oedipus the King (1910) 1910 University of California (Berkeley, State of California, United States)
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 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 Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Clark University (Bedford, Massachusetts, United States)
Król Edyp (1910) 1910 Teatr Miejski, Municipal Theatre (L'viv, L’vivs’ka Oblast’, Ukraine)
Oedipus (1910) 1910 unknown venue (Republic of Italy)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 Ancient Theatre of Fiesole, Teatro Romano (Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy)
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 Rex (1911) 1911 unknown venue (England)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 unknown venue (Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Oedipus Rex (1911) 1911 Irving Place Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus Rex (1912) 1912 Royal Opera House (London, Greater London, England)
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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