Broadway Play Home - Oedipus Rex (or Oediupus)

The first of Sophocles' three Theban plays about the tyrant king Oediupus.

Story:

According to the Oracle, if the murderer of old King Laius is found and punished then all will be well. The people turn to their new King, Oedipus, the man who solved the riddle of the Sphinx, to hunt down the perpetrator and bring salvation. He vows to succeed whatever the cost and so begins an unstoppable pursuit of the truth through a harrowing labyrinth of fear and love.

Fun Fact

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.
The 101 Greatest Plays: From Antiquity to the Present by Michael Billington

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Schedule

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Important Dates
OPENING: Fall 2025

Run Time
TBA

NOTE:

Opening dates are subject to change.
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: Playwright
Sophocles

Broadway Premiere

Theatre: Lyric Theatre

Opening Night: Mar 18, 1907

Adaptation: Franco Liberata

Producer: Paradossi, Signori & Consigli and Messrs. Shubert (Lee and J. J.)

1911 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Irving Place Theatre

Opening Night: Aug 21, 1911

Original Cast: Eric Blind, Aubrey Boucicault, Corinth E. Cushman, Arline Dewey, Arthur Goodsall, Charles James, John E. Kellerd, P. J. Kelly, Lillian Kingsbury, Mayne Linton, George Manning, Agnes Miller, Constance Vernon, Dorothy Vernon

1913 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Garden Theatre

Opening Night: Feb 3, 1913

Original Cast: Eric Blind, Gordon Burby, Edith Chase, Elwyn Eaton, Roydon Erlynne, Henry Fearing, Lila Dell Frost, Marie Gale, Amelia Gardner, Charles Howson, Nicholas Joy, John E. Kellerd, Isobel Merson, Jessie Murray, Ernest Rowan, Harry Walsh

1923 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Century Theatre

Opening Night: Oct 25, 1923

Total Performances: 20

Original Cast: Harvey Braban, Hubert Carter, G. Fredericks, Ann Furrell, Mary Gray, Fred Grove, Martin Harvey, Miriam Lewes, Gordon McLeod, Walter Pearce, Eugene Wellesley

Translation: Sir Gilbert Murray

Adaptation: W.L. Courtney

Music: W. H. Hudson

1945 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Majestic Theatre

Opening Night: Dec 16, 1945

Total Performances: 2

Original Cast: Eugene O'Neill, Jr., Blanche Yurka

Producer: Readers Theater Inc., James Light, Joel W. Schenker and Henry G. Alsberg

1946 Broadway Revival

Theatre: New Century Theatre

Opening Night: May 20, 1946

Total Performances: 15

Original Cast: Harry Andrews, Eleanora Barrie, Nicolette Bernard, Max Brent, Ena Burrill, Lawrence Carr, Rudolph Cavell, Byron Chapman, George Cooper, Peter Copley, Will Davis, Frank Duncan, Kenneth Edwards, John Garley, Nicholas Hannen, Julie Harris, Carl James, Joseph James, David Kentish, Elmer Lehr, Margaret Leighton, Robin Lloyd, Diana Maddox, Miles Malleson, William Monk, Laurence Olivier, Brian Parker, Bernard Pollack, Michael Raghan, Joyce Redman, John Reilly, George Relph, Ralph Richardson, Paul Riley, Sandy Roe, George Rose, Dee Sparks, William Squire, Al Studer, Alvin Sullum, Sidney Tafler, Michael Warre, Richard Wendley, Jane Wenham, Cecil Winter

Director: Michel Saint-Denis

Translation: William Butler Yeats

Producer: Theatre Incorporated and The Old Vic Company

Scenic Design: John Piper

Costume Design: Marie-Hélène Dasté

Lighting Design: John Sullivan

Music: Norman Feasey and Anthony Hopkins

1948 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Broadway Theatre

Opening Night: May 22, 1948

Total Performances: 8

Original Cast: Shimon Finkel, Aharon Meskin, Hannah Rovina

Director: Tyrone Guthrie

Translation: Saul Chernikhovsky

Producer: Theatre Incorporated and American Fund for Palestinian Institutions

Scenic Design: Sebba

1984 Broadway Revival

Theatre: Vivian Beaumont Theater

Opening Night: Jul 17, 1984

Total Performances: 8

Original Cast: Kostas Apostolidid, Christos Biros, G. Danis, Christos Domertzis, Prokopis Dourvas, Katerina Helmi, Nikos Kavvadas, Vassilis Kouris, Nikos Kourkoulos, Antonis Koutselinis, Andreas Lazaris, Lambrini Liva, Spyros Mavidis, Theodore Mordid, Pavlos Orkopoulos, Constantine Papalexis, Kostas Petroulakis, Stathis Samartzis, Tasos Samartzis, Christos Savvas, Yannis Siopis, Kostas Tsapekos, Andreas Vaios, Paya Veaki