Summary
The Shakespeare Theatre's audiences are usually attentive. Yet aside from a man doing his best imitation of the dwarf Sneezy during the denouement and the burble of "Bolero" from someone's cell phone, there seemed to be a communal intake of breath during the nearly two intermission-less hours of "Phedre."
Such is the power of the National Theatre of Great Britain's riveting production of Jean Racine's 17th-century classic tragedy starring Helen Mirren as the Athenian queen diseased by her consuming love for her stepson.See the full content of this document
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Mirren's Tormented 'Phedre'
As played with majestic torment by Miss Mirren, Phedre is no common cougar. She does not lustily seduce Hippolytus (Dominic Cooper, ever the stoic mor...
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