Original id:
9163
Start date:
29 November 1948
End date:
1 December 1948
Degree of relationship to ancient play:
Adaptation
Media of production:
Stage-play
Languages:
English
The Infernal Machine (1948)
Ancient works:
Information related to this production
| Script | Author(s) |
|---|---|
| Oedipus the King | Sophocles AKA Sophokles |
| La Machine Infernale | Jean Cocteau |
| Person | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| John Barnicoat | Actor | Shepherd of Laius |
| Peter Bayley | Actor | The Voice |
| Nigel Davenport | Actor | Tiresias |
| Morton Demmery | Assistant Producer | |
| William Gaskill | Actor | Messenger from Corinth |
| Jean Ginsburg | Actor | Theban Woman |
| Michael Godley | Actor | Anubis |
| James [Jimmy] Hepburn | Actor | Creon |
| Charles Hodgson | Actor | Voice of a Drunk |
| James Lund | Actor | Oedipus |
| Esther Morey | Actor | Antigone |
| Carol Mullen | Actor | Sphinx |
| Norman Painting | Producer | |
| Ronald Payne | Actor | Phantom of Laius |
| John Schlesinger | Actor | Soldier |
| Oliver Waley | Stage Manager | |
| Carl Wildman | Translator | translated Cocteau's adaptation into English |
| Venue | Festival | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon Press Institute (Oxford, County of Oxfordshire, England) | 29 November, 1948 to 1 December, 1948 |
| Source | Format | Location if held at the APGRD | Pagination | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Infernal Machine | Programme | |||
| Greek Artists and Ancient Greek Drama: Stage Sets and Costumes - Exhibition Catalogue | Book | library | 124 |
How to cite this production
The Infernal Machine (1948), accessed at http://www.apgrd.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/9163 <22 November 2024>