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
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)
König Oedipus (1867) 1867 unknown venue (Meiningen, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Ion Foundling of Argos! (1867) 1867 Arch Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States)
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)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1877) 1877 unknown venue (Greece)
Ion (1877) 1877 Walnut Street Theatre (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States), unknown venue (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
Oedipus (1881) 1881 unknown venue (Dresden, Saxony, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1881) 1881 Smith College (Northampton, Massachusetts, United States)
Œdipe roi (1881) 1881 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Ion (1881) 1881 unknown venue (United States)
Oedipus Rex (1881) 1881
Oedipus the King (1881) 1881 University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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)
Œdipe Roi (1885 - 1886) 1885 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Udib, aw al-sir al-ha'il [Oedipus, or the Great Secret] (1885 - 1899) 1885
König Oedipus (1886 - 1887) 1886 Burgtheater (Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1887) 1887 St Andrew's Hall Theatre (1882-1895), Theatre Royal, New Theatre (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, England)
Oidipous (1887) 1887 unknown venue (Greece)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1887) 1887 Theatro Olympion, Theatre of the Olympians (Athens, Attica, Greece)
Œdipe-Roi (1888) 1888 Ancient Theatre of Orange (Orange, Rhône-Alpes, France)
Oedipus the King (1888) 1888 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
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 (1890) 1890 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1890) 1890 Owen's College (Manchester, City and Borough of Manchester, England)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Oidipous Tyrannos Stelios Seferiadis Translation
Vládca Oidipus Vojtech Mihálik Translation
Oedipus J. G. Kloss
Oedipus Tyrannus T. Hrubý Translation
Oedipus Rex R. Becker, Claus Bremer Adaptation
Oedipus Rex R. Becker, Claus Bremer Adaptation
Creon Stephen Spender (1909-1995) Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Stephen Spender (1909-1995)
Jocasta Leland Bardwell Adaptation
Oedipus the King David Stuttard Translation
Oedipe Sotigui Kouyaté Adaptation
Oedipus Loves You Gavin Quinn, Simon Doyle Adaptation
The Fence in its Thousandth Year Howard Barker Distant relative
Oedipus Loves You Gavin Quinn, Simon Doyle Adaptation
Edipo Re Salvatore Quasimodo Translation
Oedipus the King John Murrell Adaptation
Król Edyp Jan Czubek Translation
Król Edyp Kazimierz Morawski Translation
Oidipoes en zijn Moeder Max Croiset Adaptation
Kumidiya Udib: Inta Elli Qatalt al-Wahsh [The Comedy of Oedipus: You Who Killed the Beast!] Ali Salim Distant relative
Oedipus Tyrannus Henry Power Translation
Edipo Alcalde [The Mayor Oedipus] Gabriel García Márquez, Stella Malagon, Orlando Senna Adaptation
Udib, aw al-sir al-ha'il [Oedipus, or the Great Secret] Najib al-Hadad (1867-1899) Adaptation
Edipo Alcalde [The Mayor Oedipus] Gabriel García Márquez, Stella Malagon, Orlando Senna Adaptation
Oedipus Rex Farah Antun (1874-1922) Translation
Oedipus the King Nicholas Rudall Translation
Oedipus Rex Niansheng Luo Translation
Oedipus the King Rush Rehm Translation
Edipo Rey Carmen Bohorquez
Œdipe roi Jean Cocteau Adaptation
La Machine Infernale Jean Cocteau Adaptation
El Mito de Edipo Re Augustin Garcia Calvo Adaptation
Kralj Ojdipus Kajetan Gantar Translation
The Story of Oedipus Eugenio Barba Adaptation
Kralj Oidipus A. Sovrè, F. Albreht Translation
Kralj Edip F. Albreht
Oedipus the King Harry Love Translation
Kralj Oidipus A. Sovrè, F. Albreht Translation
Les Gommes Alain Robbe-Grillet Distant relative
Oedipus Peter Oswald Translation
Oedipus Heinrich Gottlieb Koch
Rei Édipo Agostinho da Silva
Der Zerbrochene Krug [The Broken Jug] Heinrich von Kleist Parody
Oedipus Tawfiq al-Hakim Adaptation
Oidipous Tyrannos Artemis Mertani-Liza Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus Anthony Sloan, Gene Feist Adaptation
Kung Oidipus Ernst Kjellberg Translation
Oedipus Tyrannus Anthony Sloan, Gene Feist Adaptation
Konung Oidipus Erik Staaff Translation
Oedipus Jane Lai Translation

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