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The Theban Plays by Sophocles

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 111 min | 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.
Director
Writers
Sophocles (play) | Don Taylor (translation)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 16, 1986

Release date
Sep 16, 1986 (United Kingdom)
Awards
Series awards
6 nominations

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52 cast members
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Michael Pennington
Oedipus Rex Oedipus Rex   See fewer
Claire Bloom
Jocasta Jocasta   See fewer
John Gielgud
Teiresias Teiresias   See fewer
Michael Byrne
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Cyril Cusack
Priest Priest   See fewer
Ernest Clark
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Donald Eccles
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Noel Johnson
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Clifford Rose
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Alan Rowe
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Nigel Stock
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
John Woodnutt
Chorus Chorus   See fewer
Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger Corinthian Messenger   See fewer
David Waller
Shepherd Shepherd   See fewer
Gerard Murphy
Messenger Messenger   See fewer
Cassie Shilling
Antigone Antigone   See fewer
Kelly Huntley
Ismene Ismene   See fewer
Lincoln Saunders
Teiresias' Boy Teiresias' Boy   See fewer
Gabrielle Blunt
Theban Citizen Theban Citizen   See fewer
Imogen Claire
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Edwina Day
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Judy Liebert
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Mary Lincoln
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Mary Llewellin
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Heather Ramsey
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Catherine Shipton
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Timothy Block
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Alan Collins
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Stanley Dawson
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Michael Eaves
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Gordon Faith
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Bill Gavin
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Czeslaw Grocholski
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Hugh Hayes
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Eric Longworth
Theban Citizen Theban Citizen   See fewer
Stuart Saunders
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Richard Tate
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Philip Wright
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Tamsin Alker
Theban Child Theban Child   See fewer
Emma Cooke
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Dean Gunter
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Tom Hammond
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Lucy Hammond
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Erica Rossi
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Nicola Sideris
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Nicola Whitehead
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Andy Thompson
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