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The Gospel at Colonus

November 8, 1985

87 minutes

Kirk Browning

Music

Overview

An African-American musical version of Sophocles's tragedy, Oedipus at Colonus. In 1985 PBS televised the original Brooklyn Academy of Music production, as presented by the American Music Theater Festival at the Annenberg Center in Philadelphia, as part of the Great Performances series.

Movie Details

Release Date

November 8, 1985

Runtime

87 minutes

Director

Kirk Browning

Cast

Clarence Fountain

Oedipus

Isabell O'Connor

Antigone

Carl Lumbly

Theseus

Jevetta Steele

Ismene

Morgan Freeman

Messenger

The Soul Stirrers

Themselves