Oedipus Rex

1. Oedipus Rex By: Tweed the Awesome Jaryd the Stupid Chris the Cool Stormi the Katrina

2. This is called Gyros. This is the desert portion you will be getting.

4. 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.

5. The King and the Queen

6. 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.

7. Costume Design • This is a costume that they wore in the original play.

8. 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.

9. Who is Oedipus? • Oedipus is the King of Thebes, Father of Antigone. • He’s also a man of swift action and great insight.

10. The Plot • 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.

11. Theme • There are two central themes in Oedipus Rex: The Limits of Free Will and The Willingness to Ignore the Truth

12. Greek Theatre History • 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.

13. 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.

14. Ancient Greek Masks • Ancient Greeks used masks to display different emotions and also where used as a makeshift megaphone from the build of it.

15. 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.

16. The Director • Peter Sellers

17. The background actors • 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.

18. 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.

19. Greek costumes • 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

20. Greek timeline • 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 tragedyc. 500         Pratinus of Phlius introduces the satyr play to Athens • 5th Century BC •   499-496      Aeschylus' first dramatic competitionc. 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 diesc. 450         Aristophanes born  447         Parthenon begun in Athensc. 445         Sophocles' Ajax  441         Sophocles' Antigone  438         Euripides' Alcestis  431-404      Peloponnesian War (Athens and allies vs. Sparta and allies)  431         Euripides' Medeac. 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 Socratesc. 380's        Plato's Republic includes critique of Greek tragedy and comedyc. 330's        Aristotle's Poetics includes defense of Greek tragedy and comedy

21. 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.

22. Oedipus rex • 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

23. The play

24. Credits • Google • Bing • Mrs. king • Pancakes • Halo • Also like to thank chocolate with it nothing would be possible…………..except babies

25. The End • Or is it……………..