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
Tableaux of scenes from Greek Plays (1890) 1890 Torquay Bath Saloons, Marine Spa (Torquay, Torbay, England)
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)
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)
Mata-mata Igai [Surprizes One After Another] (1894) 1894 unknown venue (Japan)
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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States), Central Music Hall (Chicago, State of Illinois, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1895) 1895 unknown venue (Greece)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1895) 1895 Albion College (Albion, Michigan, United States)
Jokaste (1896) 1896 unknown venue (Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands)
Oedipus (1898) 1898 Deutsches Theater und Kammerspiele, Kammerspiele (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1898) 1898 Ripon College (Ripon, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Król Edyp (1899) 1899 Scena Doliny Szwajcarskiej (Warszaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1899) 1899 Notre Dame University (South Bend, State of Indiana, United States)
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)
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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1903) 1903 Beloit College (Beloit, State of Wisconsin, United States)
Oedipus Rex (1903) 1903 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
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)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1908) 1908 Wabash College (Crawfordsville, State of Indiana, United States)
Król Edyp (1908) 1908 Teatr Miejski im. Juliusza Słowackiego, Municipal Theatre (Kraków, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland)
Oedipus Rex (1909) 1909 Nemzeti Színház, National Theatre (Budapest, Budapest főváros, Hungary)
Oedipus (1909) 1909 unknown venue (Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Dartmouth College (Hanover, New Hampshire, United States)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1910) 1910 Clark University (Bedford, Massachusetts, United States)
Oidipous Tyrannos (1910) 1910 Theatro Sporting Club (İzmir, İzmir, Turkey)
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 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 (1910) 1910 unknown venue (Republic of Italy)
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)
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)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 Ancient Theatre of Fiesole, Teatro Romano (Fiesole, Tuscany, Italy)
Oedipus Rex (1911) 1911 unknown venue (England)
Oedipus (1911) 1911 unknown venue (Kassel, Hesse, Germany)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus Rex (1911) 1911 Irving Place Theatre (New York City, New York, United States)
Oedipus (1911 - 1912) 1911 unknown venue (Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1912) 1912 unknown venue (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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