The Theban Plays by Sophocles Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (Season 1, Episode 1)
TV Episode | 111 min | Drama

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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

Don Taylor

Writers

Sophocles (play) | Don Taylor (translation)

Producer

Louis Marks

Composer

Derek Bourgeois

Editor

David Hambelton

Production Designer

David Myerscough-Jones

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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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