Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles. The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre. Cast Douglas Campbell as Oedipus Eleanor Stuart as Jocasta Robert Goodier as Creon William Hutt as Chorus Leader Donald Davis as Tiresias Douglas Rain as Messenger Tony Van Bridge as Man From Corinth Eric House as Shepherd / Old Priest Roland Bull as Chorus Robert Christie as Chorus Ted Follows as Chorus David Gardner as Chorus Bruno Gerussi as Chorus Richard Howard as Chorus Roland Hewgill as Chorus Edward Holmes as Chorus James Manser as Chorus Louis Negin as Chorus Grant Reddick as Chorus William Shatner as Chorus Bruce Swerdfager as Chorus Neil Vipond as Chorus Gertrude Tyas as Nurse Naomi Cameron as Ismene Barbara Franklin as Antigone