Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

Directed by Don Taylor

Drama · 1h 51m

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.

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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
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Donald Eccles Chorus Robert Eddison Chorus Clifford Rose Chorus Alan Rowe Chorus

Crew

Director
Don Taylor
Writer
Don Taylor
Editor
David Hambelton
Producer
Louis Marks

Details

Release date
1986-09-16
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Production
BBC