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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster

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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986·1h 51m·Released

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.

Cast

Michael Pennington

Michael Pennington

Oedipus Rex

Claire Bloom

Claire Bloom

Jocasta

John Gielgud

John Gielgud

Tieresias

John Shrapnel

John Shrapnel

Creon

Cyril Cusack

Cyril Cusack

Priest

Michael Byrne

Michael Byrne

Chorus

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