Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Sep 16, 1986

1h 51m

★ 2.0

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

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Cast

Oedipus Rex

Michael Pennington

Jocasta

Claire Bloom

Tieresias

John Gielgud

Creon

John Shrapnel

Priest

Cyril Cusack

Chorus

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Alan Rowe

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