Jun 25, 2009
125 min
Full-HD

National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)

A new English adaptation of the classic French tragedy Phèdre by Jean Racine (1639-1699). It retells the ancient Greek tale of the wife of the Atenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.

Category

Drama

Country

United Kingdom

Companies

National Theatre

Helen Mirren

Phèdre

Dominic Cooper

Hippolytus

Ruth Negga

Aricia

Chipo Chung

Ismene

John Shrapnel

Théramène

Margaret Tyzack

Oenone

Wendy Morgan

Panope

Stanley Townsend

Theseus

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