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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."

Cast

1230989

Michael Pennington

as Oedipus Rex
29545

Claire Bloom

as Jocasta
11857

John Gielgud

as Tieresias
940

John Shrapnel

as Creon
4973

Cyril Cusack

as Priest
742

Michael Byrne

as Chorus
139765

Ernest Clark

as Chorus
1227492

David Collings

as Chorus
1401927

Donald Eccles

as Chorus
744

Robert Eddison

as Chorus
1222209

Clifford Rose

as Chorus
1230273

Alan Rowe

as Chorus
108637

Nigel Stock

as Chorus
1220003

John Woodnutt

as Chorus
14818

Norman Rodway

as Corinthian Messenger
1234253

David Waller

as Shepherd
151943

Gerard Murphy

as Messenger
2057049

Cassie Shilling

as Antigone
2057050

Kelly Huntley

as Ismene
2057051

Lincoln Saunders

as Tieresias' Boy
2925258

Richard Tate

as Theban Citizen

Crew

130726

Sophocles

Theatre Play
1401299

David Myerscough-Jones

Production Design
1883653

Jane Hudson

Costume Design
1774950

Derek Bourgeois

Music
1221364

Don Taylor

Director
153211

Louis Marks

Producer
2055308

David Hambelton

Editor
1221364

Don Taylor

Writer