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Theatre lyttelton South Bank london SE1 9PX |
Phédre |
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by Jean
Racine In a version by Ted Hughes Director Nicholas Hynter Set Designer Bob Crowley |
Lighting
Designer Paule Constable Costume Designer Sound Designer Music by Adam Cork |
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Category: Play / Drama previews: 4 Jun, 2009 OPENS: 11 Jun, 2009 closes: 27 Aug, 2009 performances: IN REP PLEASE CALL THEATRE FOR SCHEDULE
tickets: £10 - £42.50 |
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. Cast includes Helen Mirren, Margaret Tyzack, Dominic Cooper, Portia Booroff, Chipo Chung, Alexander D'Andrea, Wendy Morgan, Ruth Negga, Elizabeth Nestor, John Shrapnel, Stanley Townsend, Tristram Wymark |
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