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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
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.
Cast
- Michael Pennington as Oedipus Rex
- Claire Bloom as Jocasta
- John Gielgud as Tieresias
- John Shrapnel as Creon
- Cyril Cusack as Priest
- Michael Byrne as Chorus
- Ernest Clark as Chorus
- David Collings as Chorus
- Donald Eccles as Chorus
- Robert Eddison as Chorus
- Clifford Rose as Chorus
- Alan Rowe as Chorus
Details
- Director
- Don Taylor
- Released
- September 16, 1986
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Genres
- Drama
- Studio
- BBC
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 4.5 / 10 from 2 votes
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