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The Theban Plays
(1988)
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Synopsis:
A new adaptation of Sophocles' trilogy dating from 400 B.C. about King Oedipus and his doomed legacy; each play is two hours long. In Part 1, "Oedipus the King," Oedipus fails to escape his fate and discovers he has killed his father, King Laius, and that Queen Jocasta, who has borne him a child, is actually his mother. In Part 2, "Oedipus at Colonus," Oedipus and his daughter, Antigone, travel to Colonus, where the gods decree that Oedipus's dead body will bless the country where it lies. In Part 3, "Antigone," Oedipus's daughter displays her moral determination to do her duty to her family.
Cast
Name
Credits
Michael York
Host/Commentator
John Gielgud
Teiresius
Anthony Quayle
Oedipus
Claire Bloom
Jocasta
Michael Pennington
Oedipus
John Shrapnel
Creon
Juliet Stevenson
Antigone
Cyril Cusack
Theban Citizen
Norman Rodway
Corinthian Messenger
David Waller
Witness/Shepherd
Gerald Murphy
Messenger
Cassie Chilling
Clive Francis
King Thesus
Gwen Taylor
Ismene
Kenneth Haigh
Polynices
Michael N Harbour
Messenger
Mike Gwilym
Haemon
Rosalie Crutchley
Euridice
Tony Selby
Messenger
Paul Russell
Messenger
Bernard Hill
Messenger
Company
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Credits
Films For The Humanities Inc
Production Company
Producers
Name
Credits
Louis Marks
Executive Producer
Alex G Spanos
Producer funding
George Paraskevaides
Producer funding
Directors
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Credits
Don Taylor
Director
