
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986•1h 51m•4.5/10
Drama
Ratings
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4.5/10(2)
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.
Production
BBC
Language
EN
Status
Released
Release Date
Available in Your Library
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
David Waller
Shepherd

Gerard Murphy
Messenger
Cassie Shilling
Antigone
Kelly Huntley
Ismene
Lincoln Saunders
Tieresias' Boy
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