The National Theatre have today confired that Phèdre will be included in their initial release of shows avialable on NT at Home which is a new streaming service from the National Theatre.

Phèdre was originally mounted in a version by Ted Hughes at The Lyttelton Theatre in 2009 starring Helen Mirren and Dominic Cooper and featuring Portia Booroff.

More information to follow soon.

The wife of the Athenian King Theseus conceives a forbidden love for his son (by an earlier wife) Hyppolytus. All ends badly for all.