Editing Oedipus Rex (section)

===Stage adaptations===
[[File:Sofokles, Kralj Oidipus, Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje.jpg|thumb|Play by the Celje Slovene People's Theatre in 1968|233x233px]]
The composer [[Igor Stravinsky]] wrote the [[opera]]-[[oratorio]] ''[[Oedipus rex (opera)|Oedipus Rex]]'', which premiered in 1927 at the [[Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt]], [[Paris]]. It is scored for orchestra, speaker, soloists, and male chorus. The [[libretto]], based on Sophocles's tragedy, was written by [[Jean Cocteau]] in [[French language|French]] and then translated by [[Abbé]] [[Jean Daniélou]] into [[Latin]]. The narration, however, is performed in the language of the audience. The work was written towards the beginning of Stravinsky's [[Neo-Classical period|neoclassical period]] and is considered one of the finest works from this phase of the composer's career. He had considered setting the language of the work in [[Ancient Greek]], but decided ultimately on Latin, as "a medium not dead but turned to stone."

[[Nigeria]]n writer [[Ola Rotimi]] adapted ''Oedipus Rex'' into a 1968 play and novel, titling it ''[[The Gods Are Not to Blame]]''. In 2012, the play was further adapted by Otun Rasheed, under the title ''The Gods Are STILL Not to Blame''.

Dancer and choreographer [[Martha Graham]] adapted ''Oedipus Rex'' into a short ballet entitled [[Night Journey (ballet)|''Night Journey'']], premiering in 1947.  In this adaptation, the action focuses not on Oedipus, but upon Jocasta, reflecting on her strange destiny.<ref name=":2">{{Citation|last=Jowitt|first=Deborah|editor1-first=Selma Jeanne|editor1-last=Cohen|title=Graham, Martha|date=1998|url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195173697.001.0001/acref-9780195173697-e-0718|encyclopedia=The International Encyclopedia of Dance|publisher=Oxford University Press|language=en|doi=10.1093/acref/9780195173697.001.0001|isbn=978-0-19-517369-7|access-date=2021-11-11}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=Yaari|first=Nurit|date=2003|title=Myth into Dance: Martha Graham's Interpretation of the Classical Tradition|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30221918|journal=International Journal of the Classical Tradition|volume=10|issue=2|pages=221–242|doi=10.1007/s12138-003-0009-x|jstor=30221918|s2cid=161604574|issn=1073-0508}}</ref>

Composer [[Wolfgang Rihm]] used the play as a basis for his 1987 opera ''[[Oedipus (opera)|Oedipus]]'', also writing the [[libretto]] in German which includes related texts by [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] and [[Heiner Müller]]. It premiered at the [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]], directed by [[Götz Friedrich]] in a performance broadcast live.<ref>{{cite web | last = Wagner | first = Renate | url = https://onlinemerker.com/dvd-wolfgang-rihm-oedipus/ | title = DVD Wolfgang Rihm: OEDIPUS | work = Online Merker | date = 13 April 2014 | language = de | access-date = 1 August 2024 }}</ref>