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Author:

Oedipus the King (Television production : 1986)

Title:

Oedipus the King [videorecording] / by Sophocles ; a new translation by Don Taylor ; a BBC TV co-production in association with Bioscope Inc. ; producer, Louis Marks ; directed by Don Taylor.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Films for the Humanities & Sciences,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

2 videodiscs (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Sophocles.--Film and video adaptations.
Greek drama (Tragedy)
Oedipus (Greek mythology)--Drama.
Television adaptations.
Television plays.
DVDs.

Other Authors:

Marks, Louis. production.
Taylor, Don, 1936- translation. translation.
Pennington, Michael, 1943- cast.
Gielgud, John, Sir, 1904-2000, cast.
Bloom, Claire, 1931- cast.
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
Bioscope (Firm)
Endymion Ensemble.
Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Other Titles:

Oedipus Rex.

Notes:

"FFH 1318." DVD release of a 1986 production. Michael Pennington (Oedipus), Cyril Cusack (Priest), John Shrapnel (Creon), John Gielgud (Teiresias), Claire Bloom (Jocasta), Norman Rodway (Corinthian messenger), David Waller (Shepherd), Gerard Murphy (Messenger) ; Endymion Ensemble.

Summary:

The play tells the beginning of the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone. Oedipus the King recounts the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, a man, who out of stubborn pride, must know the truth at all costs.

Series:

The Theban plays

OCLC:

(OCoLC)55655632

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)