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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Sep 16, 1986 · 1h 51m
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Drama

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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.

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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
Directed by Don Taylor

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
BBC
Country
US

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