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Oedipus at Colonus (1959)

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Person Credit Notes
Val Gielgud (1900-1981) Director
Colette King Director of the Chorus
John Gielgud Actor Oedipus
John Hotchkis Composer
Joan Plowright Actor Antigone
Norman Claridge Actor Stranger
Judy Bailey Actor Ismene
William G. Devlin (1911-1987) Actor Theseus
Malcolm Keen Actor Creon
Malcolm Hayes Actor Polyneices
Gabriel Woolf Actor Messenger
Carleton Hobbs Actor Leader of the Chorus
Philip Cunningham Actor Chorus
Godfrey Kenton Actor Chorus
Will Leighton Actor Chorus
Duncan McIntyre Actor Chorus
Edgar Norfolk Actor Chorus
Frank Partington Actor Chorus
Robert Sansom Actor Chorus
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
unknown venue (England) England
Title Year Format Content
Eddies and slack in BBC translation: Sir John Gielgud as Oedipus at Colonus Print-out newspaper review
Letter from Val Gielgud to Colette King Correspondence
Letter from Val Gielgud to Colette King Correspondence
Oedipus at Colonus Print-out
Oedipus at Colonus Print-out
Plays for the connoisseur Print-out newspaper article
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
International Journal of the Classical Tradition. Vol.12.2 (Fall 2005) Isobel Hurst, Theodore Ziolkowski, Amanda Wrigley Journal
Engagements with Greek Drama and Homeric Epic on BBC Radio in the 1940s and 1950s Amanda Wrigley Thesis
Performing Greek Drama in Oxford and on Tour with the Balliol Players Amanda Wrigley Book
Title Year Format Content
Years in a Mirror 1965 Book