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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986 · 1h 51m · 4.5 on TMDB

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

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Alan Rowe

Alan Rowe

Chorus

Production

Directed by

Don Taylor

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Released: September 16, 1986

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