Theban Plays: Oedipus the King(1986)
4.5(2)1h 51m1986-09-16
Drama
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.
- Director:
- Don Taylor
- Writers:
- Sophocles, Don Taylor
- Producers:
- Louis Marks
- Production:
- BBC
- Status:
- Released
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
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Robert Eddison
Chorus
Clifford Rose
Chorus
Alan Rowe
Alan Rowe
Chorus
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