APGRD id
240
Start date
9th August 1881
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
French
Associated ancient works
Companies
APGRD Notes
Translation and adaptation by Jules Lacroix, music by Edmond Membrée. With Mounet-Sully as Oedipe, Henri Maubant as Tiresias and Emilie Lerou as Jocaste. This production featured a chorus of four. The Paris performances were followed by an extensive tour and revivals throughout Europe. See production ID 9412 for the 1885-85 performance seen by Freud.
Drawings and plates are available on Gallica, retrieved from http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84055344 as well as a sketch of the painted backdrop retrieved from http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90067685 (19/04/2012).
About the music composed by Edmond Membrée for the choral odes and its reception, see Mention, Léon. Edmond Membrée, compositeur valenciennois. 1908 pp.17-26 available online http://archive.org/stream/edmondmembre1800ment#page/18/mode/2up (19/04/2012).
Drawings and plates are available on Gallica, retrieved from http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84055344 as well as a sketch of the painted backdrop retrieved from http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90067685 (19/04/2012).
About the music composed by Edmond Membrée for the choral odes and its reception, see Mention, Léon. Edmond Membrée, compositeur valenciennois. 1908 pp.17-26 available online http://archive.org/stream/edmondmembre1800ment#page/18/mode/2up (19/04/2012).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/240