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Oedipus Rex is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles.
The actors performed wearing masks, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre.
Original Release
01/06/1957
US Release
01/07/1957
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Campbell | Oedipus |
Eleanor Stuart | Jocasta |
Robert Goodier | Creon |
William Hutt | Chorus Leader |
Donald Davis | Tiresias |
Douglas Rain | Messenger |
Tony Van Bridge | Man From Corinth |
Eric House | Shepherd / Old Priest |
Roland Bull | Chorus |
Robert Christie | Chorus |
Directors
Tyrone Guthrie, Abraham Polonsky
Writers
Sophocles, E.F. Watling, William Butler Yeats
Cast
Name | Character |
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Douglas Campbell | Oedipus |
Eleanor Stuart | Jocasta |
Robert Goodier | Creon |
William Hutt | Chorus Leader |
Donald Davis | Tiresias |
Douglas Rain | Messenger |
Tony Van Bridge | Man From Corinth |
Eric House | Shepherd / Old Priest |
Roland Bull | Chorus |
Robert Christie | Chorus |
Ted Follows | Chorus |
David Gardner | Chorus |
Bruno Gerussi | Chorus |
Richard Howard | Chorus |
Roland Hewgill | Chorus |
Edward Holmes | Chorus |
James Manser | Chorus |
Louis Negin | Chorus |
Grant Reddick | Chorus |
William Shatner | Chorus |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Sam Friedman | Producer |
Leonid Kipnis | Producer |
Tom Patterson | Producer |