Phedre
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Jun 11, 2009
Closed Aug 27, 2009
Opened Jun 11, 2009
Closed Aug 27, 2009
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
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.
THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:
Lyttelton Theatre
Camberwell, England
The Lyttelton is a proscenium theatre, conventional in its basic shape though not in the excellence of its sightlines and acoustics. There are no eye-blocking pillars, circle rails, or other familiar hazards and you can see and hear almost equally we [...] Read More
Camberwell, England
The Lyttelton is a proscenium theatre, conventional in its basic shape though not in the excellence of its sightlines and acoustics. There are no eye-blocking pillars, circle rails, or other familiar hazards and you can see and hear almost equally we [...] Read More
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Since her last appearance on stage, Helen Mirren has picked up an Oscar for her performance as Queen Elizabeth. Now, She returns to the theatre in another regal role as the Queen of Athens, in the National Theatre's only intermittently gripping production of Jean Racine's
Phedre. And while Mirren is elegantly tormented as Phèdre, her wrath seems more compelling than her passion.
Director Nicholas Hytner has selected a translation of the text by the poet Ted Hughes which replaces Racine's formal couplets with a rawer, looser language. Believing wrongly that her husband, Theseus (Stanley Townsend), is dead, Phèdre confesses her passion for her step-son Hippolytus (Dominic Coop[...]