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  • Great Performances Oedipus Rex (Season 21, Episode 15)
  • TV-G
    TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Great Performances

Oedipus Rex (Season 21, Episode 15)
TV-G
TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus ...See moreA son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus learns of a prophecy foretelling that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he leaves Corinth believing that Polybus and Merope are his true parents. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür See less
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Director
Writers
Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Sophocles (play) | E.E. Cummings (translation: English naration) | Kazuko Matsuoka (translation: Japanese narration)
Producers
Cinematographer
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 31, 1993

Release date
May 26, 1993 (United States)

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26 cast members
Name Known for
Philip Langridge
Oedipus Oedipus   See fewer
Jessye Norman
Jocasta Jocasta   See fewer
Min Tanaka
Oedipus Dancer Oedipus Dancer   See fewer
Harry Peeters
Tiresias Tiresias   See fewer
Robert Swensen
Shepherd Shepherd   See fewer
Michio Tatara
Messenger Messenger   See fewer
Kayoko Shiraishi
The Speaker The Speaker   See fewer
Katerina Bakatsaki
Saito Kinen Festival Dancers Saito Kinen Festival Dancers   See fewer
Michael Curry
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Toyosaburo Hanayagi
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Hisako Horikawa
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Asako Hotta
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Yayoe Inage
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Hanako Kitazawa
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Hiroko Kato
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Kan Minee
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Kayo Ohmori
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Alain Pelletier
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Yasumi Sato
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Mun Cho Su
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Hikari Sumi
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Kazue Suzuki
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Yumiko Tobe
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Miwako Tomozawa
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Frank Van De Ven
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