Editing Oedipus Rex (section)

===TV/radio adaptations===
[[Don Taylor (English director and playwright)|Don Taylor]]'s 1986 translation/adaptation of ''Oedipus Rex'' using the English title ''Oedipus the King'' formed part of the [[BBC]]'s ''Theban Plays'' trilogy. It starred [[Michael Pennington]] as Oedipus, with [[Claire Bloom]] as Jocasta, [[John Gielgud]] as Tiresias, and [[John Shrapnel]] as Creon. The actors performed in modern dress.

In 1977, [[CBS Radio Mystery Theater]] broadcast a version of the story called "So Shall Ye Reap," set in 1851 in what was then the [[Territory of New Mexico|U.S. Territory of New Mexico]].

In 1987, Brazilian [[TV Globo]] broadcast the soap opera [[Mandala (TV series)|Mandala]] a loose adaptation set in Brazil modern times starring [[Vera Fischer (actress)|Vera Fischer]] as Jocasta.

In 2017, [[BBC Radio 3]] broadcast a production of [[Anthony Burgess]]' translation of the play with [[Christopher Eccleston]] as Oedipus and [[Fiona Shaw]] as Tiresias/Second Elder. John Shrapnel, who starred as Creon in the 1986 BBC television version, played the First Elder.

Other television portrayals of Oedipus include that of [[Christopher Plummer]] (1957), [[Ian Holm]] (1972), and [[Patrick Stewart]] (1977).