"Oedipus at Colonus" by Sophocles (1984 TV) Part 12/12

Anthony Quayle as Oedipus, and Juliet Stevenson plays Antigone.

Sophocles' "Oedipus at Colonus" (1984) TV broadcast.

my VHS tape of this broadcast isn't as good as the "Oedipus the King", especially the audio.

Directed by
Don Taylor

Sophocles (play)
Don Taylor (translation)

Juliet Stevenson ... Antigone
Clive Francis ... Theseus
Gwen Taylor ... Ismene

David Belcher ... Chorus
Andrew Burt ... Chorus
John Gabriel ... Chorus
Christopher Hancock ... Chorus
Ian Hogg ... Chorus
Edward Jewesbury ... Chorus
Trevor Peacock ... Chorus
Bryan Pringle ... Chorus
William Morgan Sheppard ... Chorus
Barry Stanton ... Chorus
Jerome Willis ... Chorus
Frank Windsor ... Chorus

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Oedipus
• Quayle
• Sophocles
• JulietStevenson

[0macron]

I liked this production a lot; thank's for sharing. Is Antigone also available in this series?

[ShakespeareAndMore]

it is available from some sources....I'm working on it..

[GreatGrumbledook]

It is certainly true: No matter how much fun and revealing reading maybe but plays had to be performed! Though the image quality is not so good I would rather watch ten good plays in bad quality than one bad play in good quality! There should be a law constraining that bad plays, movies or music has to be made in bad quality as well. And shame that so few of the plays of Sophocles did survive malignant time; the old Greek poets would even shake the throne of Shakespeare else!

[crackprods]

God, Juliet Stevenson is SO good in this!

[barrywinehousexp]

"I did not intend any of these actions! I ENDURED THEM! -- . . . . The gods took their pleasure upon me-"

[murrungay]

watched the trilogy out of order, still enjoyed that each really stand on their own.

[aeneasdave]

Beautiful production of this thought-provoking classic.

[DwydAshquin]

What the hell?

[alexcontroltv]

read genesis 11 to find the consequences of men. but Jesus can save you from confusion/

accept him as your savior read the bible and pray