Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16 | 111 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Michael PenningtonOedipus Rex
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Claire BloomJocasta
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John GielgudTieresias
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John ShrapnelCreon
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Cyril CusackPriest
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Michael ByrneChorus
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Ernest ClarkChorus
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David CollingsChorus
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Donald EcclesChorus
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Clifford RoseChorus
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Nigel StockChorus
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John WoodnuttChorus
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Norman RodwayCorinthian Messenger
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Gerard MurphyMessenger