The National Theatre on the South Bank in London is broadcasting its first live play out to the world from Iceland to South Africa. Academy Award-winner Helen Mirren stars in the 17th century play ...

WASHINGTON — Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will make an appearance on a U.S. stage this fall in a production of Jean Racine's tragedy "Phedre." The Royal National Theatre production will be put ...

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Written by Jean Racine Adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker Directed by Carey Perloff Starring Seana McKenna At the Stratford Shakespeare Festival Will the real Theseus please stand up? Born to two ...

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Incest, bloodshed and rumor might be the most notorious qualities of Jean Racine’s “Phèdre,” but what makes the 1677 tragedy almost unendurably intense are its arias of feeling. Debilitating ...

SET in a time when gods made a mockery of the plans of men, Phedre is a darkly compelling retelling of the myth of King Theseus and his wife, Phedre. The king (Marco Chiappi) has been missing and is ...

Married to Theseus who has been missing at sea for six months, Phèdre (Catherine McClements) develops an incestuous attraction for her stepson Hippolytus (Edmund Lembke-Hogan), who is himself ...

“PHEDRE” is an everyday story of an ancient Greek royal family. A queen, thinking her husband Theseus is dead, reveals her incestuous love for her stepson, Hippolytus, who prefers the love of a young ...

Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will tread the boards in Washington, D.C., this September, starring in a production of Jean Racine's Phèdre. London's Royal National Theatre is bringing its ...

Actors don't just play great roles. Great roles play actors, testing their strengths, discovering their weaknesses. Rather to my surprise, the great Helen Mirren played Phèdre last night, and lost, ...