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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Don Taylor

1986 • 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 t...

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Cast

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

Donald EcclesChorus

Robert Eddison

Robert EddisonChorus

Clifford Rose

Clifford RoseChorus

Alan RoweChorus

Nigel Stock

Nigel StockChorus

John Woodnutt

John WoodnuttChorus

Norman Rodway

Norman RodwayCorinthian Messenger

Crew

Sophocles

SophoclesTheatre Play

Louis Marks

Louis MarksProducer

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