Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

4.5/ 10 2 votes 1986-09-16 1h 51m 1 popularity

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.

Director: Don Taylor

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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

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