Originally published as part of a monograph, "Films on Ballet and Modern Dance: Notes and a
Directory," published by American Dance Guild, New York, NY, September 1974
Conceived and choreographed by Martha Graham (b.1894)
Music by William Schuman
Settings by Isamu Noguchi
Produced by Nathan Kroll
Directed by Alexander Hammid
Presented by Bethsabee De Rothschild
Director of Photography: Stanley Meredith
Editor: Miriam Arsham
Assistant to Producer: LeRoy Leatherman
Orchestra Conductor: Robert Irving
Recordist: Clair D. Krepps
Lighting: David Golden
Chorus Headdress and Mask: Umana
First performance: May 3, 1947, Boston (later revised)
Film Cast
Queen Jocasta: Martha Graham
King Oedipus: Bertram Ross
Tiresias: Paul Taylor
Leader of the Chorus: Helen McGehee
Chorus:
Ethel Winter
Mary Hinkson
Linda Hodes
Akiko Kanda
Carol Payne
Bette Shaler
Original Cast
Queen Jocasta: Martha Graham
King Oedipus: Erick Hawkins
Tiresias: Mark Ryder
Chorus:
Pearl Lang
Ethel Winter
Yuriko
Natanya Neumann
Joan Skinner
Helen McGehee
Choreography and music were originally commissioned by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
Foundation
