by Jean Racine
in a version by Ted Hughes

directed by Nicholas Hytner

Designer: Bob Crowley

approx. 2h, no interval

from 11.6.2009 at the National Theatre, London
with life airing to cinemas around the world, 2 performances in Epidaurus, transfers to Washington in September 2009


(20.7.2009)

Hippolytus, son of Theseus and Antiope, an Amazon:                    Dominic Cooper
Théramène, Hippolytus' counsellor:                                    John Shrapnel
Oenone, Phèdre's nurse:                                               Margaret Tyzack
Phèdre, Queen of Athens:                                              Helen Mirren
Panope, Phèdre's attendant:                                           Wendy Morgan
Aricia, granddaughter of Erechteus, once the King of Athens:          Ruth Negga
Ismène, Aricia's attendant:                                           Chipo Chung
Theseus, King of Athens, Phèdre's husband                             Stanley Townsend
Phèdre's son:                                                         Christopher Ashley or Elliot Horne