Oedipus Unmasked

Executive Produced by Triptych Media
Director: Harvey Crossland
Narrator: Paul Gross
Broadcaster: CBC

Synopsis

Oedipus Unmasked goes behind the scenes of a rare theatrical event as more than 40 actors and dozens of artisans create the spectacular 1997 Stratford Festival production of Sophocles’ Oedipus Rex. Douglas Campbell who played King Oedipus on the same stage in 1955 under the hand of legendary Tyrone Gutherie, directs his son Benedict Campbell, as the cursed kin who has unwittingly murdered his father and married his mother. The behind-the-scenes performing arts documentary of The Stratford Festival’s historic re-mounting of the ancient Greek play.

“Oedipus Rex royally revived… this ancient tale of a cursed King still inspired awe.”
– THE GLOBE AND MAIL