National Theatre Live: Phèdre
National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

The result is carnage.

June 25, 2009125 min7.8EN
Drama

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.

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Dominic Cooper
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Ruth Negga
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Chipo Chung
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John Shrapnel
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Margaret Tyzack
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Wendy Morgan
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Stanley Townsend
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Elliot Horne
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