National Theatre Live: Phèdre (2009)
• June 25th, 2009 • 2h 5min
Drama
Overview
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.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
Released on: 1976-09-16
Drama, TV Movie
The Last of Mrs. Lincoln depicts the final seventeen years of Mary Todd Lincoln's life, following he...
Aniara
Released on: 1986-08-27
Science Fiction, TV Movie, Drama
Musical production of the space epic Aniara.
Awake and Sing!
Released on: 1972-03-06
Drama
The Bergers, a blue-collar Jewish family living in an overstuffed tenement and undone by the Depress...
Hamlet
Released on: 2023-02-20
Drama, Mystery
The ultimate royal family crisis. Prince Hamlet's father is dead, poisoned by his uncle, who has usu...
Stage Play Requiem of the Rose King
Released on: 2022-11-25
Fantasy, History, Romance, Drama
Stage adaptation of the manga of the same name.
The Rainmaker
Released on: 1982-10-23
Drama, TV Movie
Traveling rainmaker Starbuck arrives at the drought-ridden Curry place, promising rain for the farm ...
Royal Shakespeare Company - Richard II
Released on: 2013-11-13
Drama, History
A monarch ordained by God to lead his people. But he is also a man of very human weakness. A man who...
Hyper Projection Play "Haikyū!!" A View From The Top 2
Released on: 2021-03-20
Drama
The eleventh stage play adaption of Haruichi Furudate's manga series "Haikyū!!".
Newsies
Released on: 2017-02-16
Music, Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When t...
National Theatre Live: King Lear
Released on: 2014-05-01
Drama
An aged king decides to divide his kingdom between his three daughters, according to which of them i...
Company
Released on: 1996-12-10
Comedy, Drama, TV Movie
Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes ...
Sensibility and Sense
Released on: 1990-01-24
Drama, TV Movie
Three friends who bonded over their radical beliefs in the 1930s reunite after becoming estranged ov...
Death of a Salesman
Released on: 2000-01-09
Drama, TV Movie
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the ...
Three Plays by Tennessee Williams
Released on: 1958-04-15
Drama, TV Movie
A presentation of Tennessee Williams' three one-act plays: "Moony's Kid Don't Cry", "The Last of My ...
Besos perdidos
Released on: 1945-08-30
Drama
A man thinks he is not the father of his presumed daughter.
Jumbo
Released on: 2025-03-31
Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Desperate to prove to his peers that he’s more than a chubby kid that never wins at anything, little...
National Theatre Live: Skylight
Released on: 2014-07-24
Drama
On a bitterly cold London evening, schoolteacher Kyra Hollis receives an unexpected visit from her f...
A Sporting Chance
Released on: 1919-06-28
Mystery, Drama, Comedy
John Stonehouse (William Russell) checks into a hotel, intending to commit suicide. But instead he w...
National Theatre Live: Follies
Released on: 2017-11-16
Drama, Music
New York, 1971. There’s a party on the stage of the Weismann Theatre. Tomorrow the iconic building w...
National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar
Released on: 2018-03-22
Drama
Caesar returns in triumph to Rome and the people pour out of their homes to celebrate. Alarmed by th...