Poster for Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986)

★ 2.0/10 111 min Drama Unknown English

Director: Don Taylor

Theatre Play: Sophocles
Writer: Don Taylor

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

Michael Pennington Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom Jocasta

John Gielgud Tieresias

John Shrapnel Creon

Cyril Cusack Priest

Michael Byrne Chorus

Ernest Clark Chorus

David Collings Chorus