The Theban Plays
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Don Taylor
Michael York
John Gielgud
Anthony Quayle
Claire Bloom
Michael Pennington
Film Details
Technical Specs
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.
Director
Don Taylor
Cast

Michael York

John Gielgud

Anthony Quayle

Claire Bloom
Michael Pennington
John Shrapnel
Juliet Stevenson

Cyril Cusack
Norman Rodway
David Waller
Gerald Murphy
Cassie Chilling
Clive Francis
Gwen Taylor
Kenneth Haigh
Michael N Harbour
Mike Gwilym
