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Oedipus Rex (1957 Film)
''Oedipus Rex'' is a 1957 film, a film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival production of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the play ''Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles. The actors performed wearing masks designed by Tanya Moiseiwitsch, as was the practice in Ancient Greek theatre. Cast * Douglas Campbell as Oedipus *Eleanor Stuart as Jocasta *Robert Goodier as Creon * William Hutt as Chorus Leader * Donald Davis as Tiresias *Douglas Rain as Messenger *Tony Van Bridge as Man From Corinth * Eric House as Shepherd / Old Priest *Roland Bull as Chorus * Robert Christie as Chorus *Ted Follows as Chorus * David Gardner as Chorus *Bruno Gerussi as Chorus *Richard Howard as Chorus * Roland Hewgill as Chorus *Edward Holmes as Chorus *James Manser as Chorus *Louis Negin as Chorus *Grant Reddick as Chorus *William Shatner as Chorus * Bruce Swerdfager as Chorus * Neil Vipond as Chorus *Gertrude Tyas as Nurse *Naomi Cameron as Ismene *Barbara Franklin as Antigone Song In the years foll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tyrone Guthrie
Sir William Tyrone Guthrie (2 July 1900 – 15 May 1971) was an English theatrical director instrumental in the founding of the Stratford Festival of Canada, the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and the Tyrone Guthrie Centre at his family's ancestral home, ''Annaghmakerrig'', near Newbliss in County Monaghan, Ireland. He is famous for his original approach to Shakespearean and modern drama. Early life Guthrie was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, the son of Dr. Thomas Clement Guthrie (a grandson of the Scottish preacher Thomas Guthrie) and Norah Power. His mother was the daughter of Sir William James Tyrone Power, Commissary-General-in-chief of the British Army from 1863 to 1869 and Martha, daughter of Dr. John Moorhead of Annaghmakerrig House and his Philadelphia-born wife, Susan (née Allibone) Humphreys. His great-grandfather was Irish actor Tyrone Power and he was a second cousin of famed film actor Tyrone Power. Guthrie's sister, Susan Margar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Gerussi
Bruno Santos Gerussi (7 May 1928 – 21 November 1995) was a Canadian stage and television actor, best known for the lead role in the CBC Television series '' The Beachcombers'' from 1972 to 1990. He also performed onstage at the Stratford Festival, worked in radio, and hosted '' Celebrity Cooks'', a daily cooking/variety show, on CBC from 1975 to 1979 then on the Global Television Network from 1980 to 1987. Early life and education Gerussi was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, as the eldest son of Enrico Gerussi, a coal miner working in Lethbridge, who had trained in Italy as a stonemason, and his wife Teresina Lazzorotto. The two married in 1927 and moved to Medicine Hat. The family subsequently moved to Exshaw, where Enrico worked as a sectionman on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Bruno Gerussi grew up in Exshaw and later moved with his family to New Westminster, British Columbia. He attended the Banff School of Fine Arts on a scholarship. Bruno was just 22 when his father co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Incest
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of Visual arts, visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, Sound film, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual Recording medium, medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Canadian Films
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples that migrated to Britain after its Roman occupiers left. English is the most spoken language in the world, primarily due to the global influences of the former British Empire (succeeded by the Commonwealth of Nations) and the United States. English is the third-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish; it is also the most widely learned second language in the world, with more second-language speakers than native speakers. English is either the official language or one of the official languages in 57 sovereign states and 30 dependent territories, making it the most geographically widespread language in the world. In the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand, it is the dominant language for historical reasons without being explici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Films Based On Plays
Canadians () are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity and Canadian values. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Evening Wasted With Tom Lehrer
''An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer'' is an album recorded by Tom Lehrer, the well-known satirist and Harvard lecturer. The recording was made on March 20–21, 1959 in Sanders Theater at Harvard. In October 2020, Lehrer transferred the music and lyrics for all songs he had ever written into the public domain. In November 2022, he formally relinquished the copyright and performing/recording rights on his songs, making all music and lyrics composed by him free for anyone to use. Track listing #"Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" – 2:38 #"Bright College Days" – 3:03 #"A Christmas Carol" – 2:54 #" The Elements" – 2:16 #"Oedipus Rex" – 3:41 #"In Old Mexico" – 6:26 #"Clementine" – 4:40 #"It Makes a Fellow Proud to Be a Soldier" – 4:50 #"She's My Girl" – 2:53 #"The Masochism Tango" – 3:30 #"We Will All Go Together When We Go" – 5:32 Songs' sources "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" The lyrics refer to killing pigeons with cyanide-coated peanuts and strychnine-treat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragtime
Ragtime, also spelled rag-time or rag time, is a musical style that had its peak from the 1890s to 1910s. Its cardinal trait is its Syncopation, syncopated or "ragged" rhythm. Ragtime was popularized during the early 20th century by composers such as Scott Joplin, James Scott (composer), James Scott, and Joseph Lamb (composer), Joseph Lamb. Ragtime pieces (often called "rags") are typically composed for and performed on piano, though the genre has been adapted for a variety of instruments and styles. Ragtime music originated within African Americans, African American communities in the late 19th century and became a distinctly American form of popular music. It is closely related to American march music, marches. Ragtime pieces usually contain several distinct themes, often arranged in patterns of repeats and reprises. Scott Joplin, known as the "King of Ragtime", gained fame through compositions like "Maple Leaf Rag" and "The Entertainer (rag), The Entertainer". Ragtime influ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew Lehrer (; born April 9, 1928) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, who later taught mathematics and musical theater. He recorded pithy and humorous, often Music and politics, political songs that became popular in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though they usually had original melodies. An exception is "The Elements (song), The Elements", in which he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's ''Pirates of Penzance''. Lehrer's early performances dealt with non-topical subjects and black humor (also known as dark comedy) in songs such as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park". In the 1960s, he produced songs about timely social and political issues, particularly for the U.S. version of the television show ''That Was the Week That Was''. The popularity of these songs has far outlasted their topical subjects and references. Lehrer quoted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil Vipond
Neil Chester Vipond (December 24, 1929 – July 15, 2022) was an American-based Canadian actor and stage director. Life and career Neil Vipond, the son of a salesman and a former performer on the vaudeville circuit, was born and grew up in Toronto. He started his acting career with the International Players in Kingston, Ontario in 1951. Two years later he appeared at the Stratford Shakespearean Festival, and stayed there for five seasons. He spent much of his adult life in New York and Toronto, but in the early 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles. He died on July 15, 2022, aged 92, at his home in Quakertown, Pennsylvania Quakertown is a Borough (Pennsylvania), borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of 2020, it had a population of 9,359. The borough is south of Allentown, Pennsylvania, Allentown and Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem and nor .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Swerdfager
Bruce Swerdfager (12 March 1928 – 4 September 2007) was a Canadian actor and theatre manager. Career Swerdfager was born in Ottawa, Ontario. At age 15, Swerdfager began acting on radio at CKCO and CFRA in Ottawa. He was an active member of the Ottawa Little Theatre before being named Best Supporting Actor at the Dominion Drama Festival in 1951. While working as a typewriter salesman, he auditioned for Tyrone Guthrie and was selected as a member of the Stratford Festival company. In later life he said; ″Who would have guessed the Stratford Festival would outlast the typewriter?″ With William Hutt he received the first Guthrie Award and used the funds to travel to The United Kingdom to study theatre in 1954–55. On his return to Stratford he rose through the ranks becoming company manager, theatre and company manager, comptroller and ultimately general manager. On stage he was a founding member of the Stratford Shakespearean Festival of Canada and as general manag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
