Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

  • Rated 4.5 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 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.

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Director
Don Taylor
Starring
Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Shrapnel

Cast

  • Michael Pennington

    Michael Pennington

    Oedipus Rex

  • Claire Bloom

    Claire Bloom

    Jocasta

  • John Gielgud

    John Gielgud

    Tieresias

  • John Shrapnel

    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

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