Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
September 16, 1986•1h 51m•★ 4.5
Drama
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 TaylorWriters
Cast
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