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''[[Oedipus]]'' is the Anglicised name for Οἰδίπους (pron: "Oidípous",  meaning "swollen foot") the  mythical Greek king of Thebes.  
 
''[[Oedipus]]'' is the Anglicised name for Οἰδίπους (pron: "Oidípous",  meaning "swollen foot") the  mythical Greek king of Thebes.  
  
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The name is spelled in a variety of alternative ways, e.g. ''Edipus'' in early [[Dutch]], "[[Oidipoes]]" in Frisian  languages and in early [[Afrikaans]], "[[Oidipus]]" in other Germanic languages such as German, Czech,  Swedish, or later [[Afrikaans]] (post 1960). In addition,  ''[[Oidipus]]'', [[Oedipoes]] and ''[[Oedipous]]'' are also found in [[Dutch]] and [[Flemish]].
  
 
== The myth and the plays==
 
== The myth and the plays==
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''[[Oedipus by Seneca|Oedipus]]'' by Seneca
 
''[[Oedipus by Seneca|Oedipus]]'' by Seneca
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''[[La Machine Infernale]]'' by Jean Cocteau.
  
 
''[[Oedipus by Ted Hughes|Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes
 
''[[Oedipus by Ted Hughes|Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes
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''[[Oidipoes]]'' by [[Ben de Haeck]]
 
''[[Oidipoes]]'' by [[Ben de Haeck]]
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''[[Ugcaleka Ubuyile]]'' is an African intrepetation in Xhosa.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans
 
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans
  
Go to [[ESAT Bibliography]]
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http://dighum.uantwerpen.be/grieksdrama/data/bibliografie.html
 
 
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=''[[Oedipus at Colonus]]'' by Sophocles=
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
= ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Seneca =
 
 
 
''[[Oedipus]]'' (''[[Oidipus]]'') is a tragic play that was written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca at some time during the 1st century AD. It is a retelling of the story of Oedipus, as told in ''[[Oedipus Rex|Oedipus the King]]'' by the Athenian playwright, Sophocles. It is written in Latin and was not intended to be performed, but rather recited at private gatherings.
 
 
 
However, it has been the source of a number of adaptations itself.
 
 
 
== Adaptations ==
 
 
 
=== ''[[Oedipus]]'' by Ted Hughes ===
 
 
The English poet laureate Ted Hughes published a translation of Seneca's play in 1969.
 
 
 
This version of the play was presented by [[PACT]] Drama in 1971 in the [[Arena]] of the [[State Theatre]] under the direction of [[Schalk Jacobsz]] starring [[Jan Engelen]], [[Joan Friedman]], [[Frantz Dobrowsky]], [[Nigel Vermaas]], [[Marion Craig-Smith]], [[Stephan Bouwer]], [[Noel Roos]] and [[Will Bernard]], choreographed by [[Francois Swart]].
 
 
In 1980 the adaptation by Hughes was staged at the [[Baxter Theatre]], directed by [[Barney Simon]]. The cast included [[Danny Keogh]], [[Grethe Fox]], [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Joko Scott]], [[Thoko Ntshinga]], [[Richard Grant]], [[Linda Harris]], ([[Fiona Ramsay]]?) (and [[Robin Smith]]?).
 
 
 
A translation into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Noël Roos]], [[Libé Ferreira]] and [[Johann van Heerden]] of this version, entitled ''[[Oidipus]]'',  was directed by [[Noël Roos|Roos]] for the [[University of Stellenbosch Drama Department]] in October 1982, starring [[Albert Maritz]], [[Libé Ferreira]], [[Belinda Richardson]], [[Antoinette Pienaar]], [[Nicola van der Walt]], [[Trudi Huskisson]], [[Michelle Alberts]], [[Isadora Verwey]] and [[Ilze Swanepoel]].
 
 
 
=== ''[[Oedipus]]'' by [[Hugo Claus]] ===
 
Based on Seneca's ''Oedipus'', translated into [[Afrikaans]] by [[Wim Vorster]]. Presented by [[SUKOVS]] Toneel in 1990, performed in the [[André Huguenet Theatre]], Bloemfontein. Direction was by [[Jannie Gildenhuys]], decor designed by [[Johnny Boerstoel]], costumes by [[James Parker]] and lighting by [[Martin Pelser]]. Members of the cast were [[Gerben Kamper]], [[Isadora Verwey]], [[Cobus de Villiers]], [[Ernst Eloff]], [[Dorette Nel]], [[James van Helsdingen]], [[Marga van Rooy]], [[Christo Compion]], [[Marion Holm]], [[Hennie Baird]].
 
 
 
 
 
= ''[[Greek]]'' by [[Stephen Berkoff]]=
 
 
 
 
 
= ''[[Oidipoes]]'' by Ben de Haeck =
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
=Sources=
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus
 
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King
 
 
 
https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans
 
 
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Com-Cop|P.J. Conradie]], 1999
 
 
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_(Seneca)
 
 
 
''Helikon'', 5(21), 1955.
 
 
 
Source: Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne (eds.). 1988. ''Theatre Alive! The Baxter Story 1977-1987''.
 
 
 
''Oedipus'' theatre programmes, PACT, 1971, 1990.
 
 
 
[[Bettine van Zyl Smit|B. van Zyl Smit]] 2003 "The Receptions of Greek Tragedy in the 'Old' and the 'New' South Africa" in  ''[[Akroterion]]'' 48 : 3-20)[http://akroterion.journals.ac.za]
 
 
 
[[Betine van Zyl Smit]]. 2010. "Oedipus and Afrikaans Theater" in ''Comparative Drama'' (Vol. 44, No. 4: pp. 477-493)[http://www.jstor.org/stable/23238802]
 
 
 
  
 
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Revision as of 09:08, 1 April 2017

Oedipus is the Anglicised name for Οἰδίπους (pron: "Oidípous", meaning "swollen foot") the mythical Greek king of Thebes.

The name is spelled in a variety of alternative ways, e.g. Edipus in early Dutch, "Oidipoes" in Frisian languages and in early Afrikaans, "Oidipus" in other Germanic languages such as German, Czech, Swedish, or later Afrikaans (post 1960). In addition, Oidipus, Oedipoes and Oedipous are also found in Dutch and Flemish.

The myth and the plays

A tragic hero in Greek mythology, on whose tragic life a number of plays have been based, the best known perhaps Oedipus Rex by Sophocles (429 BC), and the follow up play Oedipus at Colonus. (According to surviving records, Aeschylus won first prize at the City Dionysia with a trilogy about the House of Laius in 467 BC. One part of the trilogy was a play about Oedipus. However, we know only know about it by reputation, as no text is extant. Euripides also wrote an Oedipus, but here only a few fragments survive.)

Both the myth and the Sophocles plays about the myth have served as the basis for many adaptations and experiments over the years, both local and international. Also in South Africa (See also Classical Theatre in South Africa)

The name Oedipus and aspects of the history have additionally been immortalized in a way by Freud's concept of the "Oedipus complex"[1].

Among the plays of consequence in South Africa are:

Oedipus Rex by Sophocles

Oedipus at Colonus by Sophocles

Oedipus by Seneca

La Machine Infernale by Jean Cocteau.

Oedipus by Ted Hughes

Oedipus by Hugo Claus

Greek by Stephen Berkoff

Oidipoes by Ben de Haeck

Ugcaleka Ubuyile is an African intrepetation in Xhosa.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oedipus_the_King

https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lys_van_vertalings_in_Afrikaans

http://dighum.uantwerpen.be/grieksdrama/data/bibliografie.html

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