The Theban Plays:
Oedipus the King
Written by Sophocles
(translation by Don Taylor)
Production
Information
BBC2 16th
September 1986
Cast
Oedipus Michael
Pennington
Teiresias John Gielgud
Jocasta Claire Bloom
The Priest Cyril Cusack
Creon John
Shrapnel
Corinthian messenger Norman Rodway
Shepherd David Waller
Messenger Gerard Murphy
Antigone Cassie Shilling
Ismene Kelly Huntley
Teiresias’ boy Lincoln Saunders
Chorus of Theban Senators:
Michael Byrne Ernest Clark
David Collings Donald Eccles
Robert Eddison Edward Hardwicke
Denys Hawthorne Noël Johnson
Clifford Rose Alan Rowe
Nigel Stock John Woodnutt
Theban citizens: Timothy Block Gabrielle Blunt
Imogen Claire Alan Collins
Stanley Dawson Edwina Day
Michael Eaves Gordon Faith
Bill Gavin Czeslaw Grocholski
Hugh Hayes Judy Liebart
Mary Lincoln Mary Llewellin
Eric Longfeather Heather Ramsey
Stuart Saunders Cathy Shipton
Richard Tate Philip Wright
Theban children: Tamsin Alker Emma Cook
Dean Gunter Lucy Hammond
Tom Hammond Erica Rossi
Nicola Sideris Jonathan Taylor
Nicola Whitehead
Music played by The Endymion Ensemble
Director Don Taylor
Music Derek
Bourgeois
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