Phaedra

Archive Listings for Phaedra

T1687854530 (DONMAR06) Producer Donmar Warehouse. Adapted by Frank McGuinness (after RacineI I:Tom Cairns). Design Tom Cairns. Design Lorna Heavey (video). Costume Amy Roberts. Lighting Bruno Poet. Music Ben Ringham. Music Max Ringham. Sound Christopher Shutt. Performer Ben Meyjes (Hippolytus). Performer Clare Higgins (Phaedra). Performer Sean Campion. Performer Michael Feast. Performer Linda Bassett. Performer Marcella Plunkett. Performer Lucy-Anne Holmes. Performer Janet Whiteside.
13 Apr 06 to 3 Jun 06	Donmar Warehouse, West End :: V389 listing details L1719518821
T1562389216 (CON02) Company Concentric Circles. Director Christopher Fettes. Design Agnes Treplin. Lighting David Lawrence. Music Patrick Nunn. Performer Sheila Gish (Phaedra). Performer Daniel Betts (Hippolytus). Performer George Anton (Theseus). Performer Kate Gartside (Aricia). Performer Rupert Frazer (Theramenes). Performer Sheila Burrell (Oenone). Performer Sarah Vermande (Ismene). Performer Brigid Zengeni (Panope).
30 Jan 02 to 9 Mar 02	Riverside Studios, Outer London :: V331 listing details L0983226181
22 Jan 02 to 26 Jan 02	Mercury Theatre, Colchester :: V37 listing details L1098265427
T838730847 (LYCEU00) Company Royal Lyceum Theatre Company. Director Kenny Ireland. Design Isla Shaw. Translation Edwin Morgan. Performer Gerda Stevenson. Performer David Rintoul. Performer Irene Allen. Performer Duncan Bell. Performer Carol Anne Crawford. Performer Katherine Igoe. Performer Martin Ledwith. Performer Pauline Turner.
14 Apr 00 to 29 Apr 00	Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh :: V604 listing details L1887514757
T1631373757 (INT98) Company Internation Theatre Link. Adapted by Peter Oswald. Director Tina Carroll. Design Roger Butlin. Performer Valerie Braddell. Performer Martin Turner. Performer Clare Swinburne. Performer Mary Rutherford.
10 Feb 98 to 22 Feb 98	BAC (Battersea Arts Centre), Inner London :: V168 listing details L658900213
T738775603 (NAT97) Company National Theatre of Craiova.
13 Nov 97 to 16 Nov 97	Waterfront Hall, Belfast :: V1053 listing details L598077336
2 Oct 97 to 4 Oct 97	His Majesty's Theatre, Aberdeen :: V585 listing details L1442288283

Details

Play :: Tragic epic. Portrait of a powerful woman torn apart by sexual obsession. Phaedra is a woman stricken with a blind, all consuming love for a young man half her age. Her step-son. She struggles to reconcile her uncontrollable desire with her duty and obligations as a wife, mother and public figure.

Author

Jean Racine