16 September 1986 Drama 111 mins
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.
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Michael Pennington as Oedipus Rex
Claire Bloom as Jocasta
John Gielgud as Tieresias
John Shrapnel as Creon
Cyril Cusack as Priest
Michael Byrne as Chorus
Ernest Clark as Chorus
David Collings as Chorus
Donald Eccles as Chorus
Robert Eddison as Chorus
Clifford Rose as Chorus
Alan Rowe as Chorus
Nigel Stock as Chorus
John Woodnutt as Chorus
Norman Rodway as Corinthian Messenger
David Waller as Shepherd
Sophocles Theatre Play
Don Taylor Director
Jane Hudson Costume Design
Louis Marks Producer
David Myerscough-Jones Production Design
Don Taylor Writer
Derek Bourgeois Music
David Hambelton Editor
United Kingdom 16 September 1986
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