1995 Death Reza Abdoh, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS, died of AIDS at age 32 1976 Death Harry Partch, U.S. composer (Oedipus), dies at 75 1963 Birthday Reza Abdoh, born in Tehran, Iran, playwright, theatre director, produced King Lear, Oedipus Rex, confronted audiences with issues of race, class, AIDS 1901 Birthday Harry Partch, born in Oakland, California, composer, Oedipus 1873 Birthday Max Reinhardt, Austria, theatrical director, Oedipus Rex
