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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Production First performed Venues
Oedipus (1890) 1890 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus (1891) 1891 unknown venue (Utrecht, Provincie Utrecht, Netherlands)
[Scenes from Antigone and Oedipus Tyrannus] (1893) 1893 unknown venue (New York City, New York, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1893) 1893 Theatro Olympia (Athens, Attica, Greece)
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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Albion College (Albion, Michigan, United States)
Oedipus Tyrrannus (1895) 1895 University of the South (Sewanee, Tennessee, United States)
Król Edyp (1895) 1895 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1895) 1895 unknown venue (Greece)
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 Tyrannus (1898) 1898 Ripon College (Ripon, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Oedipus (1898) 1898 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
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)
Oedipus Rex (1903) 1903 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1903) 1903 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States)
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)
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)
Król Edyp (1908) 1908 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1908) 1908 Wabash College (Crawfordsville, State of Indiana, United States)
Oedipus Rex (1909) 1909 Nemzeti Színház, National Theatre (Budapest, Budapest főváros, Hungary)
Oedipus (1909) 1909 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Król Edyp (1910) 1910 Teatr Miejski, Municipal Theatre (L'viv, L’vivs’ka Oblast’, Ukraine)
Oedipus the King (1910) 1910 University of California (Berkeley, State of California, United States)
Oedipus (1910) 1910 unknown venue (Republic of Italy)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1910) 1910 Theatro Sporting Club (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey)
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 Clark University (Bedford, Massachusetts, United States)
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 Rex (1911) 1911 unknown venue (England)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 unknown venue (Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 Ancient Theatre of Fiesole, Teatro Romano (Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy)
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)
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)
Król Edyp (1912) 1912 Teatr Wielki (Warszaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
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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