Oedipus Rex
By: 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
Publisher: Image Entertainment
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Chatsworth, CA
Language: eng
Format: DVD
ISBN-13: 0014381154924
Copyright date: 2002
Notes: Title on container: Sophocles' Oedipus Rex.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1957.
Cast includes 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).
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital mono, widescreen presentation, original theatrical aspect ratio 1.85:1.
Table of contents: title: An introduction to Oedipus; title: Praise the king; title: A proclamation; title: The prophecy of Tiresias; title: Creon : traitor or friend?; title: Rage against Laius; title: Good news; title: No son of Polybus; title: The herdsman; title: "Most miserable of all men"; title: Misfortunes and pity