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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

09/16/1986

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1hr 51min

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Drama

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Michael Pennington
  • Claire Bloom
  • John Gielgud
  • John Shrapnel
  • Cyril Cusack

    Director

  • Don Taylor

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • BBC

    Production Countries

LANGUAGES

  • English

Cast

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel

Creon

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Chorus