
The Gospel at Colonus 1985
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.
Director: Kirk Browning
Cast
Clarence Fountain
Oedipus
Isabell O'Connor
Antigone

Carl Lumbly
Theseus

Jevetta Steele
Ismene

Morgan Freeman
Messenger
The Soul Stirrers
Themselves