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Cover for Oedipus the King
17 Ratings

4.3

Duration
1H 47min
Language
English
Format
Category

Lyric Poetry

Written by Sophocles, Oedipus is 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. Translated by Nicholas Rudall.

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

Spencer Garrett as Shepard/Chorus Francis Guinan as Messenger/Chorus Gregory Itzin as Creon Charles Kimbrough as Priest Of Zeus/Chorus Harry Lennix as Oedipus Rod McLachlan as Second Messenger/Chorus Carolyn Seymour as Jocasta W. Morgan Sheppard as Tiresias/Chorus

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

Directed by Nicholas Rudall. Recorded before a live audience at the Getty Center, Los Angeles in December of 2003.

© 2003 L.A. Theatre Works (Audiobook): 9781580814881

Release date

Audiobook: 1 January 2003

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