Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
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Drama
1h 51m
1986
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...
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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.
- DirectorDon Taylor
- Release16 September 1986
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 51m
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- Rate1 reviews
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BBC
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

Clifford Rose
Chorus

Nigel Stock
Chorus

John Woodnutt
Chorus

Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger

Gerard Murphy
Messenger
