Louis Bouwmeester as Oedipus in a Dutch production of Oedipus the King
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Louis Bouwmeester as Oedipus in a Dutch production of Oedipus the King (c. 1896)[1] is the informal title of a photo taken of Dutch actor Louis Bouwmeester playing Oedipus in Oedipus the King. In the photo, he has just gouged his eyes out and is bleeding.
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See also
- The blinding scene in Sophocles's Oedipus the King
- Enucleation of the eye
- Louis Bouwmeester
- Oedipus
- Oedipus the King
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