Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
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 Michael Pennington As: Oedipus Rex
Claire Bloom Claire Bloom As: Jocasta
John Gielgud John Gielgud As: Tieresias
John Shrapnel John Shrapnel As: Creon
Cyril Cusack Cyril Cusack As: Priest
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Storyline

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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Genres: Drama

Language: English

Release Date: 16 September 1986

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Runtime: 111m

Company Credits

Company: BBC

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Cast

Directed By

Don Taylor

Don Taylor

Director

Writing Credits

Sophocles

Sophocles

Theatre Play

Don Taylor

Don Taylor

Writer

Production Crew

Louis Marks

Louis Marks

Producer

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Costume and Makeup

Jane Hudson

Jane Hudson

Costume Design

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Art Department

David Myerscough-Jones

David Myerscough-Jones

Production Design

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