Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Name: Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 4.5

1986 · 111 min

Drama

★ 4.5

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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.

Crew

Director Don Taylor
Writer Don Taylor

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
D
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Robert Eddison
Chorus
Clifford Rose
Chorus
Alan Rowe
Chorus

Crew

Director — Don Taylor
Writer — Don Taylor

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