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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

  • 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.

Rating
4.5 / 10 (2 votes)
Release date
September 16, 1986
Runtime
1h 51m
Language
English
Director
Don Taylor
Status
Released
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Top cast

  • Michael PenningtonOedipus Rex
  • Claire BloomJocasta
  • John GielgudTieresias
  • John ShrapnelCreon
  • Cyril CusackPriest
  • Michael ByrneChorus
  • Ernest ClarkChorus
  • David CollingsChorus
  • Donald EcclesChorus
  • Robert EddisonChorus
  • Clifford RoseChorus
  • Alan RoweChorus

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