Oedipus the King - Softcover

Sophocles

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ISBN 10: 1502375478 ISBN 13: 9781502375476

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

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'Oedipus the King' unfolds amid a city in the relentless grip of a plague. When an oracle proclaims that only an act of vengeance will lift the curse from Thebes, King Oedipus vows to bring a murderer to justice. His quest engenders a series of keen dramatic ironies, culminating in the fulfillment of a dreaded prophecy.

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One of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies, Harry Lennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother.

Includes a Q & A session with translator and director Nicholas Rudall.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

Spencer Garrett as Shepard and Chorus

Francis Guinan as Messenger and Chorus

Gregory Itzin as Creon and Chorus

Charles Kimbrough as Priest Of Zeus and Chorus

Harry J. Lennix as Oedipus

Rod Mclachlan as Second Messenger and Chorus

Carolyn Seymour as Jocasta

W. Morgan Sheppard as Tiresias

Translated and directed by Nicholas Rudall. Recorded before a live audience at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.

About the Author

Sophocles, born in the 490s BC, was a leading ancient Greek dramatist who composed as many as 120 plays in his long lifetime, although only seven survive. He entered and won many of the dramatic competitions held in honour of Dionysus, and was also a prominent public figure in the Athens of his day.

Oliver Taplin retired in 2008 from being a Professor of Classics at the University of Oxford and, for thirty-five years, Tutorial Fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. The leading recurrent theme of his work has been the reception of poetry and drama through performance and material culture, in both ancient and modern times. As well as his academic work, he has been involved in broadcasting and theatre, both within and beyond the UK. Productions on which he has collaborated include the Oresteia (1981-2, dir. Peter Hall), The Thebans (1992, dir. Adrian Noble), the Oresteia (1999-2000, dir. Katie Mitchell), and Swallow Song (2004 and 2006 dir. Lydia Koniordou).

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