National Theatre Live: Phèdre

Overview

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. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".

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Cast

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  Helen Mirren

  Phèdre

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  Dominic Cooper

  Hippolytus

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  Ruth Negga

  Aricia

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  Chipo Chung

  Ismene

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  John Shrapnel

  Théramène

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  Margaret Tyzack

  Oenone

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  Wendy Morgan

  Panope

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  Stanley Townsend

  Theseus

• Elliot Horne

  Phèdre's Son

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