National Theatre Live: Phèdre

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. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".

• Robin LoughDirector
• Nicholas HytnerDirector

• Helen MirrenPhèdre
• Dominic CooperHippolytus
• Ruth NeggaAricia
• Chipo ChungIsmene
• John ShrapnelThéramène
• Margaret TyzackOenone
• Wendy MorganPanope
• Stanley TownsendTheseus
• Elliot HornePhèdre's Son