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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
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Key Details

Release StatusReleased
Release Date1986-09-16
Languageen
Runtime1h 51m
Production

BBC

4.5(2)
•1986•1h 51m

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Drama

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.

Director
Don Taylor
Writing & Screenplay
Don Taylor

Principal Cast

21 credited
Michael Pennington
Michael PenningtonOedipus Rex
Claire Bloom
Claire BloomJocasta
John Gielgud
John GielgudTieresias
John Shrapnel
John ShrapnelCreon
Cyril Cusack
Cyril CusackPriest
Michael Byrne
Michael ByrneChorus
Ernest Clark
Ernest ClarkChorus
David Collings
David CollingsChorus
DE
Donald EcclesChorus
Robert Eddison
Robert EddisonChorus

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