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One of the first and greatest of all Greek tragedies, Harry Lennix stars as Oedipus, the king who unwittingly kills his father and marries his mother. W. Morgan Sheppard and Carolyn Seymour also star. The broadcast includes a question and answer session with translator and director Nicholas Rudall.
An LA Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring: Spencer Garrett as Shepard and chorus; Francis Guinan as Messenger and chorus; Gregory Itzin as Creon and chorus; Charles Kimbrough as Priest Of Zeus and chorus; Harry J. Lennix as Oedipus; Rod Mclachlan as Second Messenger and chorus; Carolyn Seymour as Jocasta; and W. Morgan Sheppard as Tiresias.
Translated and directed by Nicholas Rudall. Recorded before a live audience at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
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About Sophocles
Sophocles (496
BC–406 BC), one of the great Greek dramatists of the ancient world, was born to
a wealthy family at Colonus, near Athens. He had a charmed childhood, was
highly educated and a personal friend of prominent statesmen, and, as a good
Athenian, served faithfully as a treasurer and general for Athens when it was
expanding its empire and influence. Though he wrote approximately 123 plays,
only seven tragedies survive in their entirety: Ajax, Antigone, Trachinian Women, Oedipus the King, Electra,
Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus.
With Sophocles, Greek tragedy reached its most characteristic form; he
frequently beat out rivals Aeschylus and Euripides in annual drama
competitions.
About a full cast
R. F. Daley is an actor, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. His television credits include Curb Your Enthusiasm, Bones, Dexter, The Office, Arrested Development, Boston Public, and Spin City, among many others. He has narrated numerous audiobooks by L. Ron Hubbard and was the voice of the military adviser in the video game Civilization V.