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)
Anthony Quayle ... Oedipus
Juliet Stevenson ... Antigone
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
The meaning of his fate is that he suffers for his ignorance. A tragic Flaw.
rgaleny 6 months ago
The Dialogue is lean and direct. Is it too much like a TALKING HEADS style. Does it need to breathe more, somehow. It doesn't chew on the scenery at all.
rgaleny 6 months ago
Lol- love the way the chorus all turn into tabloid jounalists at 8.29- having condemned him, they slaver over the whole juicy story...
SuperTruth77 1 year ago
I feel terrible for Oedipus. It seems that everyone else in these stories knowingly choose their own fate, but poor Oedipus simply lived out a pre-written story that would've happened no matter the choices he made.
bigrobdeezey 1 year ago
no no no no YES! From the Vicar of Dibley. One of the leaders of the Chorus. It's awful - Its not his fault - He didn't know and his poor children.... Bad luck? Love it!!!!
peterobs 1 year ago
The 'old guy' is Oedipus the ex king of Thebes. In the first of the two tragedies by Sophocles,Oedipus the King, the eponymous hero upon discovering he had married his mother (Jokasta) and fathered children by her blinds himself at the feet of his dead queen (a suicide). The second tragedy, the one here, Oedipus at Colonus (a woods near Athens), has Oedipus an exile supported by his daughter Antigone, the 2nd girl is the other daughter Ismene. He curses his two sons, Eteocles & Polynices.
harrietmarlowe 3 years ago
This is wonderfully done.
BroadwayNewbie 4 years ago
who is who? whos the girl, whos the 2nd daughter and whos the old guy?
dondiomj 4 years ago