Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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.

Sep 16, 1986111 minReleasedEN
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Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

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Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

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John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Tieresias

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John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Creon

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Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Priest

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Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Chorus

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Ernest Clark

Ernest Clark

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David Collings

David Collings

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Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison

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Clifford Rose

Clifford Rose

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Alan Rowe

Alan Rowe

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Nigel Stock

Nigel Stock

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John Woodnutt

John Woodnutt

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Norman Rodway

Norman Rodway

Corinthian Messenger

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Gerard Murphy

Gerard Murphy

Messenger

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