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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

(1986)

September 16, 1986• 1h 51m
45%
TMDB Score

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.

Don Taylor

Director

Top Billed Cast

MP

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

CB

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

JG

John Gielgud

Tieresias

JS

John Shrapnel

Creon

CC

Cyril Cusack

Priest

MB

Michael Byrne

Chorus

EC

Ernest Clark

Chorus

DC

David Collings

Chorus

DE

Donald Eccles

Chorus

RE

Robert Eddison

Chorus

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