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National Theatre Live: Phèdre

"The result is carnage."
12A2009
4.8

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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12A2009

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.

4.8
director
Robin Lough
cast
Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Chipo Chung 
genres
Drama
runtime
2 hr 5 mins
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