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Oedipus Rex (1946)

Broadway, Play

PlaywrightSophocles

TranslationPaul Roche

AdaptationEllen McLaughlin

AdaptationAnthony Sloan

Picture of New Century Theatre

VenueNew Century Theatre932 Seventh Ave. (at 58th St) New York, NY

Licensed ByPlayscripts

Opening DateMay 20th 1946

Closing DateJun 22nd 1946

Creative Team
Direction
Michel Saint Denis
Original
Scenic Design
John Piper
Original
Costume Design
Marie Helene Daste
Original
Lighting Design
John Sullivan
Original
Cast
Herdsman
George Relph
Original
Ismene
Dee Sparks
Original
Jocasta
Ena Burrill
Original
Tiresias
Ralph Richardson
Original
Oedipus Rex
Laurence Olivier
Original
Creon
Harry Andrews
Original
A Priest
Cecil Winter
Original
Boy
Brian Parker
Original
Chorus of Theban Elders
George Cooper
Original
Frank Duncan
Original
William Squire
Original
Joseph James
Original
Peter Copley
Original
John Garley
Original
David Kentish
Original
Kenneth Edwards
Original
Robin Lloyd
Original
Michael Raghan
Original
Max Brent
Original
Sidney Tafler
Original
George Rose
Original
William Monk
Original
Attendant To Jocasta
Joyce Redman
Original
Nicolette Bernard
Original
Margaret Leighton
Original
Ensemble
Will Davis
Original
Alvin Sullum
Original
Paul Riley
Original
Julie Harris
Original
Bernard Pollack
Original
Lawrence Carr
Original
Rudolph Cavell
Original
Al Studer
Original
Carl James
Original
Sandy Roe
Original
Byron Chapman
Original
Richard Wendley
Original
Elmer Lehr
Original
Eleanora Barrie
Original
John Reilly
Original
Diana Maddox
Original
Jane Wenham
Original
Chorus Leader
Nicholas Hannen
Original
First Messenger
Miles Malleson
Original
Second Messenger
Michael Warre
Original
Artistic Production
Production
Old Vic
Original

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