Original id:
8647
Start date:
22 May 1969
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Translation
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
Greek, Modern (1453-)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1969)
Companies:
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Oedipus the King | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| Oidipous Tyrannos | Fotos Politis |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Kostas Bakas | Actor | Kreon, in Greece |
| Dimitris Chatzimarkos | Actor | Teiresias |
| Ioannis Christou | Composer | |
| Angelika Kapelari | Actor | Iokasti |
| Karolos Koun (1908-1987) | Director | |
| Giorgos Lazanis | Actor | Oidipous |
| Ioannis Moralis | Set & Costume Designer | |
| Alekos Oudinotis | Actor | Kreon, in England |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Odeion of Herodes Atticus (Athens, Attica, Greece) | 18 October, 1969 | ||
| Aldwych Theatre (London, Greater London, England) | World Theatre Season (1969) | 21 May, 1969 to 27 May, 1969 | billed as the première of Koun's production |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oidipous Tyrannos | Book | library | 187 | |
| Playbill programme | Programme | archive | ||
| Impressions of Oedipus Rex, May 1969 at Aldwych Theatre | Personal notes | archive | ||
| Aldwych Theatre World Theatre Season '69 | Flyer | archive | ||
| Karolos Koun | CD | archive | ||
| Venom in Verse: Aristophanes in Modern Greece | Book | library | 252 | |
| Playbill programme | Programme | archive | with b&w images of the costume designs | |
| World Theatre Season '69 | Programme insert | archive | ||
| Playing by the Censors' Rules? Classical Drama Revived under the Greek Junta (1967-1974) | Offprint | archive | 174 | |
| World Theatre Season 69 | Photocopy | archive | ||
| Greek Artists and Ancient Greek Drama: Stage Sets and Costumes - Exhibition Catalogue | Book | library | 14 |
How to cite this production
Oidipous Tyrannos (1969), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/8647 <26 December 2024>