Details

Racine, the French Shakespeare, tells the tale of tragic love. Passion overpowers reason for Phedre, who has fallen lustfully in love with her stepson. Her shameless attraction is forbidden, incestuous, unstoppable. The drama that unfolds is a delicate balance of poetic beauty and tragedy. Running time 2 hours with no interval

Cast/Performers

Dominic Cooper (Hippolytus), Helen Mirren (Phaedra), Margaret Tyzack (Oenone), Portia Booroff (Ensemble), Chipo Chung (Ismene), Alexander D'Andrea (Ensemble), Wendy Morgan (Panope), Ruth Negga (Africa), Elizabeth Nestor (Ensemble), John Shrapnel (Theramene), Stanley Townsend (Theseus), Tristram Wymark (Ensemble)

Creatives/Company

Author: Jean Baptiste Racine
Corporate Sponsor: Coutts and Co
Producer: National Theatre
Adapted by: Ted Hughes
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Design: Bob Crowley
Lighting: Paule Constable
Music: Adam Cork