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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

4.519861h 51mMovieDrama

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.

DirectorDon Taylor
WriterDon Taylor
ProducerLouis Marks

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Cast · Directed by Don Taylor

MPMichael Pennington
Michael Pennington
Oedipus Rex
CBClaire Bloom
Claire Bloom
Jocasta
JGJohn Gielgud
John Gielgud
Tieresias
JSJohn Shrapnel
John Shrapnel
Creon
CCCyril Cusack
Cyril Cusack
Priest
MBMichael Byrne
Michael Byrne
Chorus
ECErnest Clark
Ernest Clark
Chorus
DCDavid Collings
David Collings
Chorus
DE
Donald Eccles
Chorus
RERobert Eddison
Robert Eddison
Chorus
CRClifford Rose
Clifford Rose
Chorus
ARAlan Rowe
Alan Rowe
Chorus

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