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2. Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

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   Oedipus Rex is widely regarded as one of the greatest plays, stories, and tragedies ever written. [21] [22] In 2015, when The Guardian ' s theatre critic Michael Billington, selected what he thinks are the 101 greatest plays ever written, Oedipus Rex was placed second, just after The Persians. [23]

3. Oedipus Rex (1967 film) - Wikipedia

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   After Oedipus is made king, a plague occurs and kills much of the city. Oedipus sends his brother-in-law Creon to the Oracle to receive news about how to stop it. Creon returns and tells him that for the plague to end, King Laius' killer must be brought to justice. Oedipus sends for the blind prophet Tiresias to find out the name of the killer ...

4. Oedipus Rex (1957 film) - Wikipedia

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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. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch , [ 4 ] as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre .

5. The Gods Are Not to Blame - Wikipedia

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   The Gods Are Not To Blame is a 1968 play and a 1971 novel by Ola Rotimi. [1] An adaptation of the Greek classical play Oedipus Rex, the story centres on Odewale, who is lured into a false sense of security, only to somehow get caught up in a somewhat consanguineous trail of events by the gods of the land.

6. Oedipus rex (opera) - Wikipedia

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   Oedipus rex is an opera-oratorio by Igor Stravinsky, scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus.The libretto, based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by Jean Cocteau in French and then translated by Abbé Jean Daniélou into Latin; the narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience.

7. Category:Works based on Oedipus Rex - Wikipedia

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   Pages in category "Works based on Oedipus Rex" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... This page was last edited on 16 September 2021, at 06: ...

8. Oedipus (Dryden play) - Wikipedia

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   The heroic drama Oedipus: A Tragedy, is an adaption of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, written by John Dryden and Nathaniel Lee. After being licensed in 1678 and published in 1679, it became a huge success on stage during the Restoration period.

9. Oedipus Rex (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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   Oedipus Rex, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production, using the William Butler Yeats text; Oedipus Rex, an Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini; Oedipus Rex, a song by Tom Lehrer from the album An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer; Oedipus the King, 1968 film directed by Philip Saville