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Phèdre

by Jean Racine
in a version by Ted Hughes
with Helen Mirren in the title role

Monday, June 29 and Monday, July 13
7:30 p.m. at Sidney Harman Hall

Tickets: $22

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Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson and believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare.
When Theseus returns, alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape.
The result is carnage.

NT Live is a new initiative to broadcast live performances of National Theatre plays onto cinema screens
around the world.

Phèdre will be performed live in London on Thursday, June 25, 2009, filmed in high definition and
presented exclusively at participating movie theatres across the US.

Attention New and Renewing Subscribers

Tickets for the live performance of Phèdre are still available to new and renewing subscribers. Click here for information on seeing Phèdre live at the Shakespeare Theatre Company September 17-26.