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  • Great Performances Oedipus Rex (Season 21, Episode 15)
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    TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Great Performances

Oedipus Rex (Season 21, Episode 15)
TV-G
TV Episode | 58 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
A son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus ...See moreA son is born to a young couple. The father, motivated by jealousy, takes the baby into the desert to be abandoned. The child is rescued, named Oedipus by King Polybus and Queen Merope of Corinth and raised as their own son. When Oedipus learns of a prophecy foretelling that he will kill his father and marry his mother, he leaves Corinth believing that Polybus and Merope are his true parents. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür See less
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Director
Julie Taymor
Writers
Jean Cocteau (libretto) | Sophocles (play) | E.E. Cummings (translation: English naration) | Kazuko Matsuoka (translation: Japanese narration)
Producers
Peter Gelb | Pat Jaffe
Cinematographer
Bobby Bukowski
Production Designer
George Tsypin
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Jan 31, 1993
Release date
May 26, 1993 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 119 nominations

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26 cast members
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Philip Langridge
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Min Tanaka
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Harry Peeters
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Robert Swensen
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Michio Tatara
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Kayoko Shiraishi
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Katerina Bakatsaki
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Michael Curry
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Toyosaburo Hanayagi
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Hisako Horikawa
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Asako Hotta
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Yayoe Inage
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Great Performances (1971)
Hanako Kitazawa
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Great Performances (1971)
Hiroko Kato
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Kan Minee
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Kayo Ohmori
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Alain Pelletier
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Yasumi Sato
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Mun Cho Su
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Hikari Sumi
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Kazue Suzuki
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Yumiko Tobe
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Miwako Tomozawa
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Frank Van De Ven
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