Storyline
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.
Released
16 September 1986
Runtime
1h 51min
Director
Genre
Status
Released
Language
English
Production
BBC
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
Donald Eccles
Chorus
Robert Eddison
Chorus
Clifford Rose
Chorus
Alan Rowe
Chorus
Nigel Stock
Chorus
John Woodnutt
Chorus
Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger
David Waller
Shepherd
Gerard Murphy
Messenger
Cassie Shilling
Antigone
Kelly Huntley
Ismene
Lincoln Saunders
Tieresias' Boy