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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986111 min 4.5 TMDBIMDb ↗Released

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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Release / first air1986-09-16
Original languageEN
GenresDrama
DirectorDon Taylor
WriterSophocles
BudgetNot available
RevenueNot available
ProductionBBC

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10 cast members
Michael PenningtonMichael PenningtonOedipus Rex
Claire BloomClaire BloomJocasta
John GielgudJohn GielgudTieresias
John ShrapnelJohn ShrapnelCreon
Cyril CusackCyril CusackPriest
Michael ByrneMichael ByrneChorus
Ernest ClarkErnest ClarkChorus
David CollingsDavid CollingsChorus
Donald EcclesDonald EcclesChorus
Robert EddisonRobert EddisonChorus

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