Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986, English. Directed by Don Taylor.
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.
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- 1h 51m
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- None listed
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- English
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- 16 September 1986
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- Don Taylor
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King runs 111 minutes (1h 51m).
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 16 September 1986. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Theban Plays: Oedipus the King?
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King (1986) was directed by Don Taylor and stars Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom, John Gielgud.