Oedipus the King i s p r esen ted by sp eci al

ar r an gem en t w i th SA M U EL FREN CH , I N C.

by So p h o cl es
T h i s p r o j ect w as m ad e p o ssi b l e t h r o u gh t h e
su p p o r t o f t h e U N H D ep ar t m en t o f C l assi cs, T r an sl at ed by N i ch o l as Ru d al l
H u m an i t i es & I t al i an St u d i es, Jo h n C .
Ro u m an C l assi cal L ect u r e Ser i es an d t h e
U SN H O f f i ce o f t h e C h an cel l o r .

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 D I REC T O R'S N O T E
D i r ect o r C h o r eo gr ap h er
T h e st or y of O ed i p u s? solv i n g t h e r i d d l e of t h e Sp h i n x t o
El i zabeth D ai ly C. Robi n M ar cot t e becom i n g K i n g of T h ebes af t er an u n solved m u r d er of t h e
f or m er K i n g L ai u s? w as w el l - k n ow n t o t h e an ci en t Gr eek s. T h ey
al so k n ew t h e stor y ?s p r op h ecy by t h e O r acl e at D el p h i w h o
w ar n ed K i n g L ai u s an d Q u een Jocast a, of a son w h o w ou l d k i l l
Scen i c & L i gh t i n g C o st u m e D esi gn er h i s f at h er . By sen d i n g t h e y ou n g baby t o h i s d eat h on M ou n t
Ci t h aer on , bot h p ar en t s f eel t h ey h ave el u d ed t h ei r ap p oi n t ed
D esi gn er Rosem ar i e L egge f at es. N ei t h er k n ew t h e baby w as r escu ed an d gi ven t o t h e
M att K i zer ch i l d l ess m on ar ch s of Cor i n t h .

Sop h ocl es gi ves u s a v i ew i n t o t h e m i n d set of O ed i p u s, w h o,

A ssi st an t D i r ect o r
B . Ch r i stop h er W i l l i am s
St age M an ager A ssi st an t St age M an ager
Joh n Fi n d l ay K ath er i n e Per ei r a
C A ST
O ed i p u s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N I CH O L A S K A L A N T Z A N KO S
Pr i estess of Z eu s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SA RA H K EL LY
Ch or u s L ead er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . L EO CU RRA N
Cr eon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . RO L A N D D U BO I S
Tei r esi as. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SH A RL EI GH T H O M SO N
Jocast a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M O L LY RI CK ER
M essen ger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JO H N D . RU M O RE
Sh ep h er d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SA M U EL CL I FT O N
2n d M essen ger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .VA L ERI E U M BRO
A n t i gon e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N I CK E M O RRI S
I sm en e. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A L EX A N D RA FL A M M I A
Ch or u s. . . . . . . .N I CK CO CH RA N , A L EX A N D RA FL A M M I A ,
SCO T T FO I SY, K EN D RA FRY,CA RO LYN H A RT ,
SA RA H K EL LY, SA RA H L I EBO W I T Z ,
SYD N EY M O Q U I N , N I CK E M O RRI S,
SH A N E SM I T H , JERO M E T O RRES
h av i n g saved T h ebes on ce, i s agai n t r y i n g t o u n d er st an d w h y t h e
d ead ly p l agu e i s r agi n g t h r ou gh h i s ci ty ; h e begi n s t o act on
f i n d i n g t h e cau se an d t h e cu r e. T h e ol d p r op h eci es f l i cker
t h r ou gh ou t t h e p l ay, as O ed i p u s r ecou n t s h i s st or y of l eav i n g h i s
p ar en ts?k i n gd om i n t h e ci ty of Cor i n t h , t o escap e h i s ow n
u n d er st an d i n g of an an ci en t p r op h ecy t h at h e w ou l d k i l l h i s
f at h er an d m ar r y h i s m ot h er . H i s f l i gh t aw ay f r om Cor i n t h ,
u n bek n ow n st t o h i m , h as t aken h i m t o t h e ver y p l ace f or
f u l f i l l m en t of t h e h or r i f i c d eed s h e w as t o com m i t .
A s O ed i p u s r em ai n s f i r m i n seek i n g h i s u n d er st an d i n g of
h i m sel f an d w h o h e i s, w e can al so see ou r selves. H i s n eed t o
h el p h i s p eop l e u l t i m at ely m u st t u r n i n to af f i r m i n g h i s ow n
i d en t i t y, even t o h i s ow n d et r i m en t . O ed i p u s?ch oi ces an d f r ee
w i l l t o p u r su e h i s qu est i on s abou t h i m sel f l ead h i m on ly t o
t r aged y. T h e p l ay begs t o qu est i on ou r p l ace i n t h i s m assi ve
u n i ver se, ou r ow n ?seei n g? of ou r selves an d ou r u n d er st an d i n g of
w h o w e ar e.
N i ch ol as Ru d al l ?s t r an sl at i on w as ch osen f or i t s accessi bi l i t y
f or con t em p or ar y au d i en ces. O u r cast l ooked at t h e r ecen t
Gr eek au ster i t y m easu r es i n ad d i ti on t o t h e f i n an ci al an d
p ol i t i cal ch al l en ges of Gr eece. O u r ow n cou n t r y ?s r ecen t O ccu p y
W al l Str eet m ovem en t an d t h e W om en ?s M ar ch gi ve u s m or e
i m m ed i ate r ef er en ces f or h ow a gr ou p can i n f or m an d ach i eve
p ol i t i cal act i v i sm .
W e w an t t o t h an k t h e U N H D ep ar t m en t of Cl assi cs,
H u m an i ti es & I t al i an St u d i es, Joh n C. Rou m an Cl assi cal L ect u r e
Ser i es an d t h e U SN H O f f i ce of t h e Ch an cel l or f or su p p or ti n g t h i s
p r oject . Sp eci al t h an k s t o D av i d K ay e f or i n sp i r i n g t h e t h r ee
U SN H i n st i t u ti on s t o col l abor at e on ce agai n .
El i zabet h D ai ly, D i r ect or
B r i an C. W i l l i am s, A ssi st an t D i r ect or