Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Name: Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Director: Don Taylor
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-09-16
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 4.5
Cast: Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud, John Shrapnel, Cyril Cusack

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

*4.5

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BBC

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1986-09-16

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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.

Drama

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Oedipus Rex

Michael Pennington

Jocasta

Claire Bloom

Tieresias

John Gielgud

Creon

John Shrapnel

Priest

Cyril Cusack

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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