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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 intervalPerformers 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).
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.
Phedre
Phedre (Play) production archive for QTIX code T0456742536. Details of all Phedre archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S4581Archive Listings
| 25 Jun 09 | Warwick Arts Centre Coventry West Midlands |
| 25 Jun 09 | The Dukes Lancaster Lancashire |
| 4 Jun 09 to 27 Aug 09 | Lyttelton (National Theatre) West End Greater London |
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