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Oedipus the King

By Sophocles
Prose Version by W.B. Yeats

Forbhreathnú

  • Drámadóir

    William Butler Yeats 

  • Athchóirithe/ Aistrithe ó

    Sophocles

  • Suíomh

    Outside the Palace of King Oedipus.

  • Achoimre

    Sophocles' classic tragedy begins with a horrific plague afflicting the city of Thebes. King Oedipus asks the Oracle of Delphi for help who tells him that he must expel from Thebes the infamous one, who has angered the Gods. Oedipus discovers that he himself was the one who had unwittingly killed Laius and then married his own mother, Jocasta. Jocasta commits suicide and Oedipus blinds himself.

  • Cinéal Dráma

    Athchóiriú/Aistriúchán

    Líon na Míreanna

    Dráma Fada

  • Cast size

  • Male

    18

  • Female

    3

  • Total

    21

Céad Léiriú

Foireann An Chéad Léirithe  
Teresius Michael J. Dolan
Servant Michael Scott (1)
Chorus T. Moran
Chorus Walter Dillon
Chorus M. Finn
Boy D. Breen
Child Raymond Fardy
Child Edna Fardy
Servant C. Haughton
Second Messenger P.J. Carolan
Herdsman Gabriel J. Fallon
Leader of the Chorus John Stephenson (1)
Nurse May Craig
Priest Eric Gorman
Jocasta Eileen Crowe
Oedipus F J McCormick
Creon Barry Fitzgerald
First Messenger Arthur Shields
Chorus Peter Nolan
Servant Tony Quinn (1)
Chorus D. Williams
Foireann Léirithe  
Stiúrthóir Ceoil Dr. J.F. Larchet
Léirithe ag Lennox Robinson
Bainisteoir Stáitse Arthur Shields

Scripteanna Foilsithe

  • Teideal

    Sophocles' King Oedipus : a version for the modern stage by W.B. Yeats

  • Bliain

    1928

  • Foilsithe ag

    Macmillan and Co.

  • Seoladh

    London
    England

Eolas Faoi Chearta

  • Críoch

    All Territories

  • Cinéal Cearta

    All Rights

  • Teagmháil

    A.P. Watt Ltd.

  • Seoladh

    20 John Street
    London WC1N 2DR
    England

  • Guthán

    + 44 (0)20 7405 6774

  • Ríomhphost

    apw@apwatt.co.uk

  • Suíomh Idirlín

    www.apwatt.co.uk

Foinse Eolais

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme and from press cuttings.