Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

The story

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 & crew

Michael PenningtonOedipus Rex

Claire BloomJocasta

John GielgudTieresias

John ShrapnelCreon

Cyril CusackPriest

Michael ByrneChorus

Ernest ClarkChorus

David CollingsChorus

Donald Eccles

Donald EcclesChorus

Robert EddisonChorus

Clifford RoseChorus

Alan RoweChorus