Don Taylor
1936 - 2003Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Don Taylor
Michael Pennington, Claire Bloom
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.
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Dead of Night: The Exorcism
Don Taylor
Anna Cropper, Sylvia Kay
Four wealthy, middle-class friends (Clive Swift, Edward Petherbridge, Anna Cropper and Sylvia Kay) gather for a Christmas dinner in a country cottage only to find that the past will not rest while they feast.
Dead of Night: The Exorcism
Theban Plays: Antigone
Don Taylor
Juliet Stevenson, Gwen Taylor
In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Theban Plays: Antigone
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Don Taylor
John Hudson, Tyler Butterworth
Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothered Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia... and he too becomes besotted.
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
