Track | Section | Reader(s) | Length |
1 | 1 - Oedipus at Colonus Dramatic version Part 1 | Cast | 38:41 |
2 | 2 - Oedipus at Colonus Dramatic version Part 2 | Cast | 57:00 |
3 | 3 - Oedipus at Colonus Solo version Part I | Expatriate | 21:16 |
4 | 4 - Oedipus at Colonus Solo version Part II | Expatriate | 25:28 |
5 | 5 - Oedipus at Colonus Solo version Part III | Expatriate | 22:23 |
6 | 6 - Oedipus at Colonus Solo version Part IV | Expatriate | 20:51 |
7 | 7 - Oedipus at Colonus Solo version Part V | Expatriate | 18:24 |
Version 1
Cast:
Oedipus: Andy Minter
Priest of Zeus: Hannah Dowell
Creon: Fr. Richard Zeile
Teiresias: BrianaTheBard
Jocasta: Leni
Messenger: Carolyn Francis
Second Messenger: pipsoul
Herd of Laius: hefyd
Chorus: Musicalheart1
Narrator: Elizabeth Klett
Audio edited by: Elizabeth Klett
Production:
Book Coordinator: Elizabeth Klett
Meta Coordinators: Elizabeth Klett
Proof Listener: Elizabeth Klett
Version 2
Book Coordinator: Expatriate
Meta Coordinators: MaryAnn
Proof Listener: DaveC
Artwork
Cover: “Oedipus at Colonus” by Jean-Antoine Giroust.
Inset: “Oedipus at Colonus” by Fulchran-Jean Harriet .
Inset: Bust of Sophocles. Roman copy after a Greek original of the 4th century BC, Capitoline Museum.
Oedipus at Colonus is the second of Sophocles’ Theban plays and the last to be written, completed just before his death and never produced during his lifetime. The play describes the last day of the tragic life of Oedipus and is set near Athens in the village of Colonus, Sophocles’ birthplace. As always, a prophecy lies at the center of the plot: Oedipus will die at a sacred place of the Furies and will be a blessing to the country in which he is laid to rest. The play begins with Antigone leading the aged, blind Oedipus into the sacred grove of the Furies, where the play takes place. The Furies, goddesses who pursue violators of blood relationships, should be seeking revenge on the man who has committed notorious crimes of patricide and incest. Nevertheless, Oedipus believes he has found his prophesied final resting place, and stands his ground. When his identity is discovered, he appeals for mercy, explaining that his famous crimes were committed unknowingly. He requests sanctuary and a sanctified, secret burial from the king and promises the blessings of the gods and a defense of the city in return. After challenges, trickery, treachery and paradoxes, a thunderstorm signals that his time has come. Oedipus leads the king and his daughters to a secret site in the grove and ritually ends his life, completing a transformation from a disgraced, ragged beggar to a valiant survivor who sets an example of the human ability to persevere against all odds.
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Item Info | |
EAN - DVD case | 0682550991030 |
EAN - CD jacket | 0682550991733 |
Media | MP3 CD |
Package | DVD Box |
Author | Sophocles (c. 497/496 BC - c. 406/405 BC) |
Translator | Version 1 translated by Francis Storr. Version 2 translated by Richard Claverhouse Jebb. |
Year | 401 BC |
Recording | |
Read by | Version 1 read by cast Version 2 read by expatriate |
Length | Version 1 - 1 hour 36 minutes Version 2 - 1 hour 48 minutes |
Type of Reading | Version 1 -Dramatic Version 2 - Solo |
Oedipus at Colonus
- Author: Sophocles
- Product Code: DB-1287
- Availability: In Stock
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