Oedipus Rex (1957)
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A Shattering Experience!
The story of Oedipus' gradual discovery of his primal crime, killing his father and marrying his mother, filmed by the famed British theatrical director Sir Tyrone Guthrie. This elegant version of Sophocles' play adds a brilliant stroke: the actors wear masks just as the Greeks did in the playwright's day.
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William Hutt
Chorus Leader
Eleanor Stuart
Jocasta
Robert Goodier
Creon
William Hutt
Chorus Leader
Donald Davis
Tiresias
William Shatner
Chorus Member
Barbara Franklin
Antigone
Naomi Cameron
Ismene
Douglas Rain
Messenger
Douglas Campbell
Oedipus
Keywords
Based on myths, legends or folkloreGreek mythologyTheater playAncient greeceTheatre playOedipusThebes
