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.
Yeats, W. B. (William Butler), 1865-1939.; Guthrie, Tyrone, 1900-1971.; Kipnis, Leonid, 1899-1968.; Campbell, Douglas, 1922-2009.; Stuart, Eleanor.; Rain, Douglas.; Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000.; Thorpe Davie, Cedric, 1913-1983.; Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English.; Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.; Image Entertainment (Firm); Stratford Festival (Ont.)
2002
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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.
Uniform Title
Oedipus Rex (Motion picture : 1957)
Variant Title
Title on container: Sophocles' Oedipus Rex
Publication Details
Chatsworth, CA : Distributed by Image Entertainment, [2002]
Language
English
Description
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
014381154924
Call Number
PN1997 .O394 2002
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.43/72
Distributor No.
ID1549CODVD Image Entertainment
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.
Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Credits
Photography, Roger Barlow ; film editor, Richard C. Meyer ; music composed and conducted by Louis Applebaum ; music for chorus, Cedric Thorpe Davie ; masks, Tania Moisewitsch, Jacqueline Cundall.
Performer
Douglas Campbell (Oedipus), Eleanor Stuart (Jocasta), Robert Goodier (Creon), William Hutt (Chorus Leader), Donald Davis (Tirasias), Douglas Rain (Messenger), Tony van Bridge (Man from Corinth), Eric House (Shepherd/Old Priest), Gertrude Tyas (Nurse), Naomi Cameron (Ismene), Barbara Franklin (Antigone).
Cast
Douglas Campbell (Oedipus), Eleanor Stuart (Jocasta), Robert Goodier (Creon), William Hutt (Chorus Leader), Donald Davis (Tirasias), Douglas Rain (Messenger), Tony van Bridge (Man from Corinth), Eric House (Shepherd/Old Priest), Gertrude Tyas (Nurse), Naomi Cameron (Ismene), Barbara Franklin (Antigone).
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital mono, widescreen presentation, original theatrical aspect ratio 1.85:1.
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Includes
Sophocles. Oedipus Rex. English.
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