Oedipus the King

Contributors

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
Oedipus Rex unknown venue (Gibellina, Sicily, Italy)
Oedipus Kourion Ancient Theatre (Cyprus)
Oedipe Roi Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipe Roi Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipus Rex Teatro Julio Prieto Xola (Mexico City, The Federal District, Mexico)
Oedipus the King & at Colonus University of Hawaii at Manoa (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)
Oedipus Rex Bohrupee (Calcutta, Bengal, India)
Oedipus Tyrannus
Oedipus Rex University Theater (Washington, District of Columbia, United States)
Edipo
Oedipus Brooksby Melton College (Melton Mowbray, County of Leicestershire, England)
Greek unknown venue (Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland)
Oedipus University of Strathclyde (Glasgow, Glasgow City, Scotland)
Oedipus the King unknown venue (Cambridge, County of Cambridgeshire, England), Guildhall School of Music and Drama (London, Greater London, England)
Edippo tragedia (1556) 1556 unknown venue (Padova, Veneto, Italy), unknown venue (Venice, Veneto, Italy), unknown venue (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Edipo Tiranno (1585) 1585 Teatro Olimpico (Vicenza, Veneto, Italy)
Œdipe (1659) 1659 Hôtel de Bourgogne (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
The Roman Empress (1670) 1670 Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus (1678 - 1679) 1678 Dorset Garden Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1692) 1692 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1696) 1696 Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1714) 1714 Mile End Green (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipe (1718) 1718 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Oedipus (1720 - 1732) 1720 unknown venue (Dublin, Munster, Republic of Ireland)
Oedipus Masque (1722) 1722 Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipe (1722) 1722 Chateau Vallon (France)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1729 - 1740) 1729 Lincoln's Inn Fields (London, Greater London, England)
Edippo (1729) 1729 Hoftheater (Munich, Free State of Bavaria, Germany)
Edippo (1732) 1732 Teatro S. Samuele (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1740) 1740 Drury Lane (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1744) 1744 Drury Lane (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus (1751) 1751 unknown venue (Rudolstadt, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1755) 1755 Covent Garden (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipus (1765) 1765 Stadttheater (Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1772) 1772 unknown venue (England)
Oedipus, King of Thebes (1775) 1775 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Œdipus Tyrannus (1776) 1776 Stanmore School (England)
Edippo ossia La morte di Lajo (1779) 1779 Teatro S. Benedetto (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Oedipus (1780 - 1789) 1780 British Museum, Lecture Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Oedipe (1781) 1781 Comédie Française (Paris, Île-de-France, France)
Edippo (1789) 1789 Teatro Carignano (Turin, Piedmont, Italy)
Edipo (1791) 1791 Teatro alla Scala, La Scala (Milan, Lombardy, Italy)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1806) 1806 Reading Town Hall (Reading, Borough of Reading, England)
Der Zerbrochene Krug [The Broken Jug] (1808) 1808 Hoftheater (Weimar, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Oedipus und Iokaste (1812) 1812 Königliches National-Theater (1802-1817), Schauspielhaus (Berlin, Land Berlin, Germany)
Oedipus und Iokaste (1813) 1813 unknown venue (Weimar, Free State of Thuringia, Germany)
Oedipus Tyrannus (1821) 1821 Royal West London Theatre (London, Greater London, England)
Ion (1821) 1821 University of Harvard (Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States)
Edipo (1829) 1829 Gran Teatro Nacional (Mexico City, The Federal District, Mexico)
Oedipus, or the Riddle of the Sphinx (1834) 1834 Bowery Theater (New York City, New York, United States)
Script Contributors Year Relationship
Oedipus Abigail Adams, Lee Devin Adaptation
Oedipus Abigail Adams, Lee Devin Adaptation
Oedipe Jean-Paul Cathala Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Minos Volonakis Translation
Oedipus Rex Mark Oldknow Adaptation
König Oedipus Johann Jakob Christian Donner Translation
King Fatfoot; or, To Break a Taboo! David Dearlove Adaptation
The House of Thebes Dominic Dromgoole Translation
Oedipus Rex Lewis Campbell Translation
Playboy of the Western World John Millington Synge Parody
Oedipus Tyrannus Hugo von Hofmannsthal Translation
König Ödipus Friedrich Hölderlin Adaptation
Král Oidipus Ferdinand Stiebitz Translation
Oidipous Tyrannos Stauros Farmakis Translation
Oedipe Roi André Obey Adaptation
Edipo Re Nello Sidoti Translation
Oedipus Frank McGuinness Adaptation
Oedipe roi Jean Lamiral Translation
Oedipus the King Stephen Berg, Diskin Clay Translation
Oedipus the King Stephen Berg, Diskin Clay Translation
Der Fall Ö Ulrich Plenzdorf Distant relative
Oedipus the King Peter Meineck, Paul Woodruff Translation
Oedipus Rex George Tyler Adaptation
Edipu s-Sultan Oliver Friggieri Translation
Edipo (1560) Lodovico Dolce (1508-1568) 1560 Adaptation
Edippo Tragedia (1565) Giovanni Andrea dell'Anguillara 1565 Adaptation
Oedipe, roi de Thèbes (1919) Saint-Georges de Bouhélier 1919 Adaptation
Edipo Re (1920) Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Giovanni Pennacchio, Giovacchino Forzano 1920 Adaption
Edipo Re (1920) Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Giovanni Pennacchio, Giovacchino Forzano 1920 Adaption
Edipo Re (1920) Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919), Giovanni Pennacchio, Giovacchino Forzano 1920 Adaption
King Oedipus (1926) William Butler Yeats 1926 Translation
Oidipus Tyrannos (1990) Peter Reimer, Christoph Kugelmeier 1990
Oidipus Tyrannos (1990) Peter Reimer, Christoph Kugelmeier 1990
Edipo Rey (1992) Francisco R. Adrados 1992 Translation
Oedipus Koning (1995) Guus G. Baas 1995
Oedipus at the Crossroads (2003) Jeremy Kingston 2003 Adaptation
Oedipus (2008) Steven Berkoff 2008 Adaptation
Oedipus El Rey (2008) Luis Alfaro 2008 Adaptation
Oedipus the King (2015) Oliver Taplin 2015 Adaption
Oedipus - a new version by Wayne Jordan (2015) Wayne Jordan 2015 Adaption
Thebes Land (2016) Sergio Blanco, Daniel Goldman, Rob Cavazos 2016 Adaption
Thebes Land (2016) Sergio Blanco, Daniel Goldman, Rob Cavazos 2016 Adaption
Thebes Land (2016) Sergio Blanco, Daniel Goldman, Rob Cavazos 2016 Adaption

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