Learning on ScreenKing Oedipus
- Summary
- BBC production of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus, directed by Alan Bridges and starring Ian Holm in the title role, and transmitted in the Play of the Month series.
- Theatre play
- Oedipus Tyrannus by Sophocles [more information]
- Date of transmission
- Friday 24 November 1972
- Time
- 9.25pm (72 mins)
- Series
- Play of the Month
- Channel
- BBC1
- Production company
- BBC
Credits
- Director
- Alan Bridges
- Producer
- Cedric Messina
- Lighting
- Dennis Channon
- Playwright
- Sophocles
- Translator
- E. F. Watling
- Composer
- Herbert Chappell
- Conductor
- Herbert Chappell
- Designer
- Tony Abbott
- Costumes
- Betty Aldiss
- Make-up
- Heather Stewart
- Sound
- Brian Hiles
- Choreographer
- Geraldine Stephenson
- Script Editor
- Nicholas Lom
- Cast
Paul Alexis Soldier Sheila Allen Jocasta Anthony Bate Creon George Coulouris Shepherd Adrian Cox Polynices Andrew Dowling Eteocles Peter Elliott Priest Michelle Foster Ismene Alfred Hoffman Archbishop Ian Holm Oedipus Edward Kelsey Priest Ahmed Khalil Soldier Ana Leah Antigone Andreas Markos Priest Patricia Moore Lady Secretary Lionel Ngakane Cabinet Secretary Colin Rix Naval Officer Alan Rowe Ambassador from Corinth Philip Ryan Soldier Sydney [or Sidney] Tafler Prime Minister Alan Webb Teiresias
Additional details
- Later transmissions
- Repeated on BBC2 at 9pm on 2 July 1974.
- Play tags
- Greek drama; tragedy
Audiovisual sources
- Title
- King Oedipus (BBC, 1972)
- Archive
- BBC Information and Archives [more information]
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- Title
- King Oedipus (BBC, 1972)
- Archive
- BFI Research Viewing Service [more information]
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Print sources
- Title
- Classics on TV: BFI Southbank programme, 7 June 2012 (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- John Wyver et al. (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2012/06/07/classics-on-tv-bfi-southbank-programme-7-june-2012, published 7 June 2012
- Title
- Greek Plays: King Oedipus (BBC, 1972) (Blog article)
- Author/creator
- Amanda Wrigley (Author)
- Reference
- http://screenplaystv.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/king-oedipus-bbc-1972, published 17 August 2011
- Title
- Holm is Where the Art is (Newspaper article)
- Author/creator
- Ken Irwin (Author)
- Reference
- Daily Mirror, 24 November 1972, 19
- Title
- Pick of the Year - Television (Newspaper review)
- Author/creator
- Nancy Banks-Smith (Author)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 16 December 1972, 8
- Title
- Play of the Month - King Oedipus (1972) (Audience Research Report)
- Archive
- BBC Written Archives Centre (WAC) [more information]
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Peppard Road
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- Reference
- VR/72/691, 3 January 1972
- Title
- Television - Oedipus Rex (Newspaper article)
- Author/creator
- Nancy Banks-Smith (Reviewer)
- Reference
- The Guardian, 24 November 1972, 12
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