Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

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.

Top Cast

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