National Theatre Live: Phèdre

National Theatre Live: Phèdre

The result is carnage.

9.5

English/125 min./2009

Genres

Drama

Synopsis

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.

Cast