Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (16/09/1986)

Production : BBC

Synopsis

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.

Michael Pennington

Claire Bloom

John Gielgud

John Shrapnel