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.

• National Theatre
• Helen Mirren
• Dominic Cooper
• Ruth Negga
• Chipo Chung
• John Shrapnel
• Margaret Tyzack
• Wendy Morgan
• Stanley Townsend