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Oedipus Loves You

After Sophocles

OVERVIEW

Playwright

Gavin Quinn Simon Doyle
Adapted / Translated From

Sophocles
Setting

Modern-day suburbia
Synopsis

A new text loosely based upon Oedipus Rex and Antigone, and set in a kind of contemporary, imaginary suburbia inhabited by characters called Oedipus, Antigone, Creon, Terisias and Jocasta who act out the story of a 'complicated' family history.
Play Type

Adaptation/Translation

Number Of Acts

Full-Length

Cast size

Male

5
Female

2
Total

7
Cast Notes

Cast doubling is possible. See original production for details.

Original Production

Date of First Production

09 October 2006
Producer

Produced by Pan Pan
Original Venue

Smock Alley Theatre

Original Cast
Jocasta	Gina Moxley
Messenger	Dylan Tighe
Creon	Dylan Tighe
Tiresias	Ned Dennehy
Sphinx	Ned Dennehy
Antigone	Ruth Negga
Oedipus	Karl Shiels

Production Team
Director	Gavin Quinn
Set Designer	Andrew Clancy
Producer	Aoife White
Lighting Designer	Aedín Cosgrove
Costume Designer	Helen McCusker
Sound Designer	Jimmy Eadie
Production Manager	Joe Glasgow
Stage Manager	Mags Mulvey
PR	Nick Costello
Graphic Design	. ConorAndDavid
Photography	Ros Kavanagh
Audience Development Officer	Anna Kamaralli
Props	Margarita Corscadden

Published Scripts

Title

'This is Just This. It Isn't Real. It's Money': The Oberon Anthology of Contemporary Irish Plays
Year

2012
Published By

Oberon
Address

521 Caledonian Road
London N7 9RH
England
Phone

+ 44 (0)20 7607 3637
Email

oberon.books@btinternet.com
Website

www.oberonbooks.com
ISBN

978-1-84943-391-4
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Rights Information

Territory

All Territories
Rights Type

All Rights
Contact

Pan Pan
Address

Curved Sreet
Temple Bar, Dublin 2
Co. Dublin
Republic of Ireland
Phone

+ 353 (0)1 633 4493
Email

info@panpantheatre.com
Website

panpantheatre.com

Source Of Information

The information for this entry was taken from the original production programme.

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