Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986 en 111 minutes

Rating: 2

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

Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Creon

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

David Collings

Chorus

Donald Eccles

Donald Eccles

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Alan Rowe

Alan Rowe

Chorus

Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

Chorus

John Woodnutt

John Woodnutt

Chorus

Norman Rodway

Norman Rodway

Corinthian Messenger

David Waller

David Waller

Shepherd

Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

Messenger

Cassie Shilling

Cassie Shilling

Antigone

Kelly Huntley

Kelly Huntley

Ismene

Lincoln Saunders

Lincoln Saunders

Tieresias' Boy

Richard Tate

Richard Tate

Theban Citizen

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