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Production

Oedipus Rex (1972)

APGRD id
722
Start date
1972
Production Media
Stage-play
Languages
English
Associated ancient works
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Scripts:
Oedipus Rex (Anthony Burgess)
Companies
Guthrie Theater
APGRD Notes
"Guthrie's second production of the Oedipus Rex in 1972 … was mounted just after his death", Macintosh, in Easterling, p.311 n.47 (ID 722). The production was revived with changes of cast the following year (ID 28).
URI
https://apgrd.classics.ox.ac.uk/productions/production/722
Related Content
Person Credit Notes
Tyrone Guthrie Director production mounted just after his death
Len Cariou Actor Oedipus
Patricia Conolly Actor Jocasta
Stanley Silverman Composer
Michael Langham Director
Venue Country Dates APGRD Notes Festival
Guthrie Theater (Minneapolis, State of Minnesota, United States) United States
Title Year Format Content
Greek Drama in a Field of Dreams Print-out journal article
Guthrie's Oedipus Rex - photograph Photograph image
Title Contributors Year Format Pagination
Greek Tragedy on the American Stage: Ancient Drama in the Commercial Theater, 1882-1994 Karelisa V. Hartigan Book
The Cambridge Companion to Greek Tragedy Peter Burian, Simon Goldhill, Paul Cartledge, Pat E. Easterling AKA Patricia, Fiona Macintosh, Edith Hall, Oliver Taplin Book