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Oedipus Rex

Title
Oedipus Rex [videorecording] / by Sophocles, in a version by William Butler Yeats ; a Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada production ; directed by Tyrone Guthrie ; produced by Leonid Kipnis.
Publication
Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939
  • Guthrie, Tyrone, 1900-1971
  • Kipnis, Leonid, 1899-1968
  • Campbell, Douglas, 1922-2009
  • Stuart, Eleanor
  • Rain, Douglas
  • Shatner, William
  • Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000
  • Thorpe Davie, Cedric, 1913-1983
  • Sophocles
Description
1 videdisc (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
The Stratford, Ontario, Shakespearean Festival Players, speaking through Greek masks, present the tragedy of Oedipus, who, having unwittingly slain his father and unknowingly married his mother, is driven by the plague that has swept through his kingdom to track down the evildoer who has polluted his land and its people.
Uniform Title
Oedipus Rex (Motion picture : 1957)
Alternative Title
Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Subjects
Note
  • A play by Sophocles.
  • Original production: c1957.
Credits (note)
  • Art director, Arthur Price ; photography, Roger Barlow ; music, Louis Applebaum, Cedric Davie.
Performer (note)
  • Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, Douglas Rain, William Shatner ... [et al.].
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Call Number
NCOX 1975
LCCN
014381154924
OCLC
50188710
Title
Oedipus Rex [videorecording] / by Sophocles, in a version by William Butler Yeats ; a Stratford Shakespearean Festival Foundation of Canada production ; directed by Tyrone Guthrie ; produced by Leonid Kipnis.
Imprint
Chatsworth, Calif. : Image Entertainment, 2002.
Edition
Widescreen.
System Details
DVD.
Cast
Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, Douglas Rain, William Shatner ... [et al.].
Credits
Art director, Arthur Price ; photography, Roger Barlow ; music, Louis Applebaum, Cedric Davie.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
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Added Author
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939, translator.
Guthrie, Tyrone, 1900-1971, director.
Kipnis, Leonid, 1899-1968, producer.
Campbell, Douglas, 1922-2009, actor.
Stuart, Eleanor, actor.
Rain, Douglas, actor.
Shatner, William, actor.
Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000, composer.
Thorpe Davie, Cedric, 1913-1983, composer.
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.
Added Title
Oedipus Rex (Motion picture : 1957)
Other Standard Identifier
014381154924
Publisher No.
ID1549CODVD Image Entertainment
Research Call Number
NCOX 1975
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