The Theban plays. Oedipus the King [videorecording] / by Sophocles ; a new translation by Don Taylor ; producer, Louis Marks ; directed by Don Taylor ; a BBC TV co-production in association with Bioscope Inc.
Michael Pennington (Oedipus), Cyril Cusack (Priest), John Shrapnel (Creon), John Gielgud (Teiresias), Claire Bloom (Jocasta), Norman Rodway (Corinthian messenger), David Waller (Shepherd), Gerard Murphy (Messenger). Originally produced for BBC Television in 1986.
Summary:
Sophocles often won the leading prize at the Dionysia, the principal dramatic festival of Athens; but Oedipus the King was a runner-up, winner of the second prize. Posterity, however, considers the play second to none. This play recounts the story of Oedipus, King of Thebes, a man who-out of stubborn pride-must know the truth at all costs. It is the first of the three plays in the Oedipus saga, setting the stage and creating the characters who will continue the story to its conclusion in Antigone.
Series:
Theban plays Sophocles. Selections. English. 2004.
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