The National Theatre's production of Jean Racine's tragedy "Phedre," in a version by British poet Ted Hughes, is so full of "woe is me" lamentations that when John Shrapnel as Theramene begins his ...

There's a whole world under the surface and only Ron has any idea about it. And sometimes the two worlds collide, and sometimes they don't. Ron holds them at arm's length from each other. Watch every ...

They are actors dancers or directors They are confined deconfined reconfined Together they play Phèdre by Jean Racine This film is a real immersion in a theatrical troupe that wants to be despite ...

When: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 22; noon and 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23; 8 p.m. Sept. 24, 25, 26; 2 p.m. Sept. 26 Info: $125; tickets available to subscribers and individuals who buy ...

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 ...

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 Athenian King Theseus, who conceived a forbidden love for ...

The summer blockbuster coming to a theater near you is...a Greek tragedy? Not quite, but a new stage production of "Phèdre" by the National Theatre in London will be getting some extra exposure ...