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National Theatre Live: Phèdre

9.5 125 mins Drama   2009
National Theatre  
Director(s): Robin Lough Nicholas Hytner

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.

Casts of National Theatre Live: Phèdre

Helen Mirren

as Phèdre

Dominic Cooper

as Hippolytus

Ruth Negga

as Aricia

Chipo Chung

as Ismene

John Shrapnel

as Théramène

Margaret Tyzack

as Oenone

Wendy Morgan

as Panope

Stanley Townsend

as Theseus

Elliot Horne

as Phèdre's Son

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