Oedipus Tyrannus, Sophocles
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2020-06-10

A reading and discussion of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus (translated by R. Jebb, revised by A. Sens, and further revised by G. Nagy). Carlos Bellato, Tamieka Chavis, Tony Jayawardena, Paul O’Mahony, and Argyris Xafis perform select scenes, with Joel Christensen (Brandeis) and Efimia Karakantza (University of Patras) leading the discussion. Reading Greek Tragedy Online is presented by the Center for Hellenic Studies, the Kosmos Society, and Out of Chaos Theatre. 

For more information about outreach opportunities through the Reading Greek Tragedy Online project, contact outofchaosplays@gmail.com. To support Out of Chaos Theatre, visit https://fundrazr.com/b1oWw3?ref=ab_6ACAcc.

Text available at https://chs.harvard.edu/primary-source/sophocles-oedipus-tyrannus-sb/

Scene selections:
14-57 - Priest
216-275 - Oedipus
345-403 - Oedipus, Teiresias
709-833 - Jocasta, Oedipus
994-1085 - Oedipus, Messenger, Chorus, Jocasta [CHANGE ARGY]
1110-1185 - Oedipus, Chorus, Messenger, Servant 
1369-end - Oedipus, Chorus, Creon

Credits:
Priest – Tamieka Chavis
Oedipus - Tony Jayawardena
Teiresias – Carlos Bellato
Jocasta - Tamieka Chavis
Messenger – Paul O’Mahony
Servant of Laius – Argyris Xafis
Creon – Paul O'Mahony
Chorus – Tamieka Chavis and Argyris Xafis

Director - Paul O'Mahony

More information about the cast and featured speakers is at https://chs.harvard.edu/CHS/article/display/7081.

Suggested further reading and listening:

1) BBC Radio 4 - Natalie Haynes Stands Up for the Classics, Series 7, Jocasta - with Edith Hall: 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000wjpz

2) BBC Radio 3 - Twenty Minutes, Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjq1v

3) BBC World Service - Meridian, Greek Gifts – Oedipus Tyrannus - with poets Blake Morrison and Tony Harrison:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03m119x

4) "The Voices of Jocasta" by Richard P. Martin, accessible via Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics:
http://www.princeton.edu/~pswpc/pdfs/rpmartin/050503.pdf