Oedipus Rex (Director's Playbook Edition)
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Sophocles' masterpiece is often considered the greatest of the surviving Athenian plays and is a timeless tragedy. Oedipus, King of the ailing city of Thebes, must track down the murderer of the former king to restore his city. Translation by F. Storr.
Sophocles' timeless tragedy is often considered the greatest of the surviving Athenian plays.
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Oedipus Rex (Director's Playbook Edition) - D. W. Hopkins Pty. Ltd.
Oedipus Rex
By Sophocles
Director’s Playbook Edition
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Table of Contents
Oedipus Rex
By Sophocles
Director’s Playbook Edition
Publisher’s Note
Introduction
The Logline
About the Playwright
Production Cheatsheet
Character Relationship Map
Descriptions
Character Descriptions (in Order of Appearance)
The Setting
Props
About this Translation
Oedipus Rex by Sophocles
Dramatis Personae
Oedipus Rex
Glossary of Select Terms
Bibliography
Index of Character Appearances
Introduction
The Logline
Oedipus is king of the ancient city of Thebes – a city that is dying. He soon learns that in order to restore it to the Gods favor, he must find and bring to justice the unknown murderer of its former king.
About the Playwright
Sophocles (c. 497/6 –406/5 BC) was a playwright in Ancient Greece. He is one of the three playwrights of that period with surviving works. During his lifetime he became the foremost playwright of Athens. He was born to a wealthy family and as well as playwriting was involved in political and ceremonial activities.
His plays were performed in Athenian dramatic festivals. Oedipus Rex was written in his middle period, and although it is the first chronologically speaking of the three remaining ‘Theban plays’, it was written second (after Antigone and before Oedipus at Colonus). The ‘Theban plays’ – Sophocles’ surviving plays dealing with Thebes and the family of Oedipus -- were not originally written as a series, but today are often considered as a set.
Production Cheatsheet
Oedipus Rex, also known as Oedipus Tyrannus, or Oedipus the King, is an Ancient Greek tragedy written by Sophocles and was first performed around 429 BC. It is one of the three ‘Theban plays’, surviving plays by Sophocles involving the city and Oedipus’ reign.
The setting of the play is the Ancient Greek city of Thebes.
There are seven men and one woman with individual speaking roles in the play, as well as a Chorus. A boy, two girls and a group of citizens also appear in non-speaking roles. It can be performed by a minimum of ten actors without changes to the text and is typically performed by a cast size of over 14.
The play follows the conventions of Ancient Greek plays of ‘unity of time and place’ (the action of the play is continuous and takes place in a single location) and has a Chorus (a group who act together as a single voice in the play and provide a commentary on the plays events). The strophe, antistrophe and epode have often been accompanied by music.
This version is a translation into English of the original Greek text and is similarly written in verse.
Character Relationship Map
Descriptions
Character Descriptions (in Order of Appearance)
Chorus of Theban elders
Senators of Thebes and