Where to watch Sophocles in the UK
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Sophocles (c. 497/496 – winter 406/405 BC) was an ancient Greek tragedian known as one of three from whom at least two plays have survived in full. His first plays were written later than, or contemporary with, those of Aeschylus and earlier than, or contemporary with, those of Euripides. Sophocles wrote more than 120 plays, but only seven have survived in a complete form: Ajax, Antigone, Women of Trachis, Oedipus Rex, Electra, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus. For almost 50 years, Sophocles was the most celebrated playwright in the dramatic competitions of the city-state of Athens, which t…
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- BBC Play of the Month (1965) Writer
- Oedipus Rex (1967) Theatre Play
- Hercules Unchained (1959) Theatre Play
- Oedipus the King (1968) Theatre Play
- The Year of the Cannibals (1969) Theatre Play
- The Oedipus Project (2020) Original Story
- Oedipus Mayor (1996) Original Story
- Oedipus Rex (1957) Original Story
- Theban Plays: Antigone (1986) Theatre Play
- Antigone (1961) Original Story
- Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) Theatre Play
- Antigone (2019) Theatre Play
- Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986) Theatre Play
- Antigone (1958) Theatre Play
- Electra (1974) Theatre Play
- O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro (1976) Theatre Play
- National Theatre Live: Antigone (2012) Theatre Play
- Antigone (1974) Theatre Play
- Antigone at the Barbican (2015) Original Story
- L'origine du monde (2001) Original Story
- Antigone (1992) Original Story
- Elektra (1978) Theatre Play
- Antigone (2024) Writer
- ITA Live: Oedipus (2021) Theatre Play
- Elektra (2013) Theatre Play
- Oedipus Rex (1972) Theatre Play
- Vládca Oidipus (1978) Theatre Play
- Electra (1986) Theatre Play
- アンティゴネイタス (2025) Original Story
- Tracking Satyrs (2022) Theatre Play
- Antigone (1971) Theatre Play
- Elektra (1994) Original Story
- Atlantis (2021) Original Story
- Elettra (1987) Theatre Play
- Οιδίπους τύρρανος (1974) Theatre Play
- Elettra 2025 (2025) Writer
- Oidipus vladař (1956) Theatre Play
- Oedipus Rex (1911) Theatre Play
- Antígona Pajubá (2021) Theatre Play
- Oedipus at Colonus (1976) Writer
- Elettra, l'attesa (1986) Theatre Play
- Edipo Re (Teatro Greco di Siracusa) (2022) Writer
- Return (2021) Original Story
- Oidipus Rex (1988) Theatre Play
- Edipo a Colono 2025 (2025) Writer
- Oedipe roi (1910) Writer
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Most-watched Sophocles films currently: Oedipus Rex (1967), Hercules Unchained (1959), Oedipus the King (1968), The Year of the Cannibals (1969), The Oedipus Project (2020).
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Selected TV credits: BBC Play of the Month (1965).
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