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Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

Name: Oedipus at Colonus
Genre: Drama
Released: 1986-09-17
Duration: 1 h 52 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Anthony Quayle, Juliet Stevenson, Paul Copley

Original title: Oedipus at Colonus

Episode aired Sep 17, 1986
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

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Anthony Quayle and Juliet Stevenson in Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus (1986)

Drama

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.

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7.3/10

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[first lines]
Oedipus: Antigone, your father is old and blind.

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Followed by The Theban Plays by Sophocles: Theban Plays: Antigone (1986)

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10/10

Brilliant plays - highly recommended

This whole series fo Theban plays is brilliant - the original plays by Sophocles and how they address universal issues, the script by Don Taylor, and the actors. Juliet Stevenson and Anthony Quayle in particular are exceptional. I became a devotee of Stevenson after watching her deeply feeling nuanced performances here. The Colonus play is the least dramatic of the three, and may seem the least relevant today, but consider how we treat the aged and infirm (and how we aged and infirm attempt to maintain integrity and dignity), issues of immigration and hospitality etc, and to what extent our countries take to task flaunting of basic human rights in other countries......