Research Catalog

Title

Oedipus Rex [motion picture] / 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

1957.

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Details

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
• Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000.
• Thorpe Davie, Cedric, 1913-1983.
• Sophocles

Description

3 film reels (ca. 88 min.) : sd., col.; 16 mm.

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

• Theater > Canada
• Oedipus (Greek mythological figure) > Drama
• Theater > Canada > Ontario

Note

• A play by Sophocles.

Credits (note)

• Art director, Arthur Price ; photography, Roger Barlow ; music, Louis Applebaum, Cedric Davie.

Performer (note)

• Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, Douglas Rain ... [et al.].

Title

Oedipus Rex [motion picture] / 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

1957.

Cast

Douglas Campbell, Eleanor Stuart, Douglas Rain ... [et al.].

Credits

Art director, Arthur Price ; photography, Roger Barlow ; music, Louis Applebaum, Cedric Davie.

Local Note

"Reel 2" on label on can.

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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

Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000. Composer

Thorpe Davie, Cedric, 1913-1983. Composer

Sophocles. Oedipus Rex.

Added Title

Oedipus Rex (Motion picture : 1957)

Branch Call Number

M16 O