Oedipus the King

Contributors

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
Ion (1836) 1836 Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England)
Ion (1836) 1836 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Ion (1845) 1845 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 (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 (United States)
Ion (1853) 1853 unknown venue (New York City, New York, 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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1861) 1861 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Ion (1861) 1861 Sadler's Wells (London, Greater London, England)
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 the King (1881) 1881 University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Œdipe roi (1881) 1881 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1881) 1881 Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus (1881) 1881 unknown venue (Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
Oedipus Rex (1881) 1881
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)
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)
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)
Oedipus (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 Tyrannus (1889) 1889 Unity Church (Cleveland, State of Ohio, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1890) 1890 Owen's College (Manchester, City and Borough of Manchester, England)
Tableaux of scenes from Greek Plays (1890) 1890 Torquay Bath Saloons, Marine Spa (Torquay, Torbay, England)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Oedipus Tyrannus Sir John T. Sheppard AKA J. Sheppard Translation
König Ödipus Wolfgang Schadewaldt Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Kostas Ch. Myris AKA Georgousopoulos Translation
Edipo Tiranno Edoardo Sanguineti Translation
Oedipus the King Thomas Francklin Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus John Savill Faucit
Oidipous Qu Xiaosong Adaptation
Blood Lars Norèn Adaptation
Król Edyp Marcin Sosnowski Translation
Oedipus the King Paul Roche Translation
König Oedipus Ernst Buschor Translation
Oedipus Stefaan Van den Broeck Adaptation
Oedipus the King Duncan Steen
Oedipus the King Don Taylor Translation
Oracles Andy Wolk Distant relative
Oedipus Rex Philip Vellacott Translation
Oedipus Paul Wignall Adaptation
Oedipe Voltaire Adaptation
The Return of the Absent Fawzi Fahmi Adaptation
Delphi, Texas Zachary Dunbar Distant relative
King Oedipus Reza Abdoh Adaptation
Oidipous Oidipous Harry Mulisch Adaptation
Oidipous the King Greg McCart Translation
Oidipous, Royal Baby Rob de Graaf Adaptation
Bêt Noir Jan Decorte Adaptation
Oidipoes / Kommentaar Johan Boonen Translation
Edipo Alcalde [The Mayor Oedipus] Gabriel García Márquez, Stella Malagon, Orlando Senna Adaptation
Teiresias Henry Bertram Lister Distant relative
Oedipus Rex Constantine A. Trypanis Translation
Oedipus Rex Mutsuo Takahashi Adaptation
Le Gouteur [The Taster] Geneviève Billette Distant relative
Chief Swollen Foot Andrew Loudon Adaptation
Oidipous Tyrannos Fotos Politis Translation
Oedipus the King Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff Translation
Król Edyp Stefan Srebrny Translation
Król Edyp Kazimierez Kaszewski Translation
Oedipus Rex Aharon Shabtai Translation
Oidipus and Antigone Kārlis Auškāps Adaptation
Œdipe Roi Jules Lacroix Translation
Edipo Rey José María Peman Adaptation
The Œdipus Tyrannus John Harrower Translation
Oedipe Roi Th. Maulnier Adaptation
Oidipous Tyrannos Kostas Zaroukas Translation
Oedipus Rex Clare Venables Adaptation
Oedipus the King Kenneth McLeish Translation
Omma: Oedipus and the Luck of Thebes Kenneth McLeish Cut and paste
Oedipus Keith Scales Adaptation
Oedipus Helen McCabe Adaptation
Oedipus Peter Montgomery Translation
The Roman Empress William Joyner Distant relative

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