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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

4.5(2)1h 51mSeptember 16, 1986

Don Taylor

Director

Don Taylor

Writer

Rate

Diary

Overview

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

Cast

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel

Creon

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King · Cinemalant

CC

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Nigel Stock

Chorus

John Woodnutt

Chorus

Norman Rodway

Corinthian Messenger

Gerard Murphy

Messenger

Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: September 16, 1986
Production: BBC

Keywords

oedipusgreek tragedy

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