Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986•1h 51m•4.5•Released
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.
Director
Don Taylor
Writer
Don Taylor
Languages
English
Studio
BBC
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
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Robert Eddison
Chorus
Clifford Rose
Chorus
Alan Rowe
Chorus
Nigel Stock
Chorus
John Woodnutt
Chorus
Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger
Production
Company
BBC
Producer
Louis Marks
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