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Oedipus Rex
By: Tweed the Awesome
Jaryd the Stupid
Chris the Cool
Stormi the Katrina
This is called Gyros. This is the
desert portion you will be getting.
The Gods
Zeus the God of the Gods.
 Poseidon the God of Water.
 Hades (aka: satin) the God of the
Underworld
 These are all of the Gods that they
believed in at this time in history.
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The King and the Queen
Food the People Ate in Ancient Greece
• The King and Queen ate beef, pork, chicken and
drank wine and ale.
• These foods and drinks were considered
delicacies to noble people.
Costume Design
• This is a costume that they
wore in the original play.
The Story
 Oedipus has been made King of Thebes for
freeing the people from the pestilence
brought on them by the presence of the
riddling Sphinx. Since Laius, the former
King, had shortly been killed, Oedipus has
been further honored by the hand of Queen
Jocasta.
Who is Oedipus?
Oedipus is the King of Thebes, Father of
Antigone.
He’s also a man of swift action and great
insight.
The Plot
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A plague has stricken Thebes. The citizens
gather outside the palace of their King, Oedipus,
asking him to take action. Oedipus replies that
he already sent his brother-in-law, Creon, to the
oracle at Delphi to learn how to help the city.
Creon returns with a message from the oracle:
the plague will end when the murderer of Laius,
former King of Thebes, is caught and expelled;
the murderer is within the city. Oedipus
questions Creon about the murder of Laius, who
was killed by thieves on his way to consult an
oracle. Only one of his fellow travelers escaped
alive. Oedipus promises to solve the mystery of
Laius’s death, vowing to curse and drive out the
murderer.
Theme
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There are two central themes in Oedipus Rex:
The Limits of Free Will and The Willingness
to Ignore the Truth
Greek Theatre History
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Twenty-five hundred years ago, two thousand
years before Shakespeare, Western theatre was
born in Athens, Greece.
Between 600 and 200 BC, the ancient Athenians
created a theatre culture whose form, technique
and terminology have lasted two millennia, and
they created plays that are still considered
among the greatest works of world drama.
Greek History (cont.)
During this time, major theatres were
constructed, notably the theatre at Delphi, the
Attic Theatre and the Theatre of Dionysus in
Athens. The Theatre of Dionysus, built at the
foot of the Acropolis in Athens, could seat 17,000
people. During their heyday, the competitions
drew as many as 30,000 spectators. The words
theatre and amphitheatre derive from the Greek
word theatron, which referred to the wooden
spectator stands erected on those hillsides.
Ancient Greek Masks
Ancient Greeks used masks to display
different emotions and also where used as
a makeshift megaphone from the build of
it.
Ancient Greek Plays
• Ancient Greek plays include: Oedipus
Rex, Antigone, and also where just things
that occurred naturally or something that
had happened in someone's life, in other
words plays represented the gods or
someone else's life.
The Director
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Peter Sellers
The background actors
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The towns people are a main part of
the play without the background
people the play would not look good.
The main actors may be the main
thing that the crowd is watching, but
the people in the back made the play
look more realistic.
Oedipus rex
The main actor of the play his name is
Oedipus Rex. The actors real name is
Philip Lang ridge. This is a pick of him.
Greek costumes
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Costumes have been a very
important factor of the production,
because they could determine the
characters by gender or social status.
In the early productions actors have
been using body painting. Little by
little they started using animal skins,
ears, even feathers
Greek timeline
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7th Century BC
c. 625
Arion at Corinth produces named dithyrambic choruses.
6th Century BC
600-570
Cleisthenes, tyrant of Sicyon, transfers "tragic choruses" to Dionysus
540-527
Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens, founds the festival of the Greater Dionysia
536-533
Thespis puts on tragedy at festival of the Greater Dionysia in Athens
525
Aeschylus born
511-508
Phrynichus' first victory in tragedy
c. 500
Pratinus of Phlius introduces the satyr play to Athens
5th Century BC
499-496
Aeschylus' first dramatic competition
c. 496
Sophocles born
492
Phrynicus' Capture of Miletus (Miletus was captured by the Persians in 494)
485
Euripides born
484
Aeschylus' first dramatic victory
472
Aeschylus' Persians
467
Aeschylus' Seven Against Thebes
468
Aeschylus defeated by Sophocles in dramatic competition
463?
Aeschylus' Suppliant Women
458
Aeschylus' Oresteia (Agamemnon, Libation Bearers, Eumenides)
456
Aeschylus dies
c. 450
Aristophanes born
447
Parthenon begun in Athens
c. 445
Sophocles' Ajax
441
Sophocles' Antigone
438
Euripides' Alcestis
431-404
Peloponnesian War (Athens and allies vs. Sparta and allies)
431
Euripides' Medea
c. 429
Sophocles' Oedipus the King
428
Euripides' Hippolytus
423
Aristophanes' Clouds
415
Euripides' Trojan Women
406
Euripides dies; Sophocles dies
405
Euripides' Bacchae
404
Athens loses Peloponnesian War to Sparta
401
Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus
4th Century BC
399
Trial and death of Socrates
c. 380's
Plato's Republic includes critique of Greek tragedy and comedy
c. 330's
Aristotle's Poetics includes defense of Greek tragedy and comedy
Greek masks
The reasons that Greek theatrical masks were worn by the
actors of ancient Greek plays included things like visibility.
Because the plays were often performed in large outdoor
amphitheaters, it was difficult to see the details of the
actor's face.
The masks also helped with acoustics, making the actors
easier to hear in the large theaters.
Another good reason for the use of these masks were so
that they did not need a lot of people for the play. An actor
could play several parts when using masks for each
different character. Another use for the masks was to aid in
characterization. Characters could be exaggerated and easy
to tell apart with the use of masks.
Oedipus rex
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Oedipus (protagonist)……………………………………………………………..…………..…..Alex Cikra
Deuteragonist (iokasta, shepherd, messenger) ……………………………........................Marianne Nagel*
Tritagonist (kreon, teiresias, korinthian emissary) …………………....................….….Wayne S. Turney*
Khoregos ………………………………………………………………………….…...….…..Michael Roache
Khoros ………………………………………………………………………………..……..…..Leonard Goff
……………………………………………………………………………......................……....…….Kera Reilly
………………………………………………………………………………....................…….Johnathan Wray
……………………………………………………………..…….....................…….…AlexandraTthackaberry
………………....................................................................................................................................……..Devon.
Stanley
…………...................................................................................................….............................…..Matthew
McDermott
……………..........................................................................................................…............................…..Marci
Paolucci
teiresias’ boy, antigone ………………………………........………………………....…………..Josh Ssebo
ismene …………………………………………………………....………………………....…..Claire Violand
the lines of the priest were divided among the khoregos and the khor
The play
Credits
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The End
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