Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
★ 4.5/10•1986•1h 51m•Drama
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.
Don Taylor · Director
Don Taylor · Writer
StatusReleased
Runtime1h 51m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 16, 1986
StatusReleased
Runtime1h 51m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 16, 1986
BBC
Actors
Michael Pennington
Oedipus Rex
Claire Bloom
Jocasta
John Gielgud
Tieresias
John Shrapnel
Creon
Cyril Cusack
Priest
Michael Byrne
Chorus
Ernest Clark
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David Collings
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Donald Eccles
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Robert Eddison
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Clifford Rose
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Alan Rowe
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Nigel Stock
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John Woodnutt
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Norman Rodway
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David Waller
Shepherd
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