Word: oedipus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...matter of grave dispute. Harsh critics say that Stravinsky changed his style because his rich ideas were spent. But modernists have continued to watch him closely, for even in his "classicism" his rules have been his own. He wrote Les Noces for percussion, pianos and chorus. For Oedipus Rex, his "operaoratorio," the Greek story was adapted by Frenchman Jean Cocteau, then translated into Latin. When Stokowski gave it in Philadelphia the soloists were represented by 15-foot puppets (TIME, April...
Edward Massey '15, director, can be proud of the results which he has obtained from the corps of actors supplied by the Dramatic Club and the Radcliffe Idler Club. William M. Hunt, 2nd '37, turned in a very creditable performance as Oedipus, the Theban King who suffered divine retribution for the murder of his father and subsequent incest. He was well supported by Jean Goodale, of Radcliffe, who played the part of Jocasta, Queen of Thebes, and mother and wife of Oedipus, and by Arthur Szathmary '37 who took the role of the head priest, Tiresias...
Play Based On Oedipus...
This play, the first of this year's productions, is based on the tragedy "Oedipus, the King," by Sophocles. It concerns the prophecy that Oedipus would kill his father, and commit incest, and how that prophecy was fulfilled, and how Oedipus discovered his position...
Meanwhile, George E. Massey '15 director of the production, has definitely cast the parts of Oedipus. The Young Soldier, and Creen. They will be filled by William M. Hunt, 2d. '36, Monroe L. Lyeth '37, and David A. Barber...