Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
1h 51m
Running Time
September 16, 1986Release Date
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)
1h 51m
Running Time
September 16, 1986Release Date
Network & Production Companies

Plot.
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 & Crew.

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

Donald Eccles
Chorus

Robert Eddison
Chorus

Clifford Rose
Chorus

Alan Rowe
Chorus

Nigel Stock
Chorus

John Woodnutt
Chorus

Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger

David Waller
Shepherd

Gerard Murphy
Messenger

Cassie Shilling
Antigone

Kelly Huntley
Ismene

Lincoln Saunders
Tieresias' Boy

Richard Tate
Theban Citizen

Sophocles
Theatre Play

Don Taylor
Director / Writer

Jane Hudson
Costume Design
Details.
This Movie Is About.
oedipus
greek tragedy