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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King(1986)

September 16, 19861h 51m

45%User score 45 percent

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2 votes

Overview

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
Writers: Don Taylor

Top Billed Cast

Michael Pennington
Oedipus Rex
Claire Bloom
Jocasta
John Gielgud
Tieresias
John Shrapnel
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) | Watch Free Online Movies

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Chorus

Ernest Clark

Chorus

David Collings

Chorus

Robert Eddison

Chorus

Clifford Rose

Chorus

Alan Rowe

Chorus

Nigel Stock

Chorus

John Woodnutt

Chorus

Norman Rodway

Corinthian Messenger

Gerard Murphy

Messenger

Donald Eccles

Chorus

David Waller

Shepherd

Cassie Shilling

Antigone

Kelly Huntley

Ismene

Lincoln Saunders

Tieresias' Boy

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Status: Released
Original title: Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Original language: English
Production: BBC

Keywords

oedipus
greek tragedy