Name: National Theatre Live: Phèdre
Director: Nicholas Hytner
Genre: Drama
Released: 2009-06-25
Duration: 125 min
Rating: 7.8
Cast: Helen Mirren, Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Chipo Chung, John Shrapnel

Helen Mirren wants what she can't have and burns the whole house down.

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Overview

Drama

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. One of the first five episodes also released on terrestrial TV on a 2009 BBC TV series titled "National Theatre Live".