Original title:
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
[en]
National Theatre Live: Phèdre
[en]
The result is carnage.
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.
Genre
Drama
Country
United Kingdom 
Duration
2 hours 5 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Phèdre
Helen Mirren
Hippolytus
Dominic Cooper
Aricia
Ruth Negga
Ismene
Chipo Chung
Théramène
John Shrapnel
Oenone
Margaret Tyzack
Panope
Wendy Morgan
Theseus
Stanley Townsend
Phèdre's Son
Elliot Horne