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PHEDRE

06 June 2013 – 29 June 2013

Venue: Playhouse  View Seat Map
Presented by: Bell Shakespeare

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Peter Evans directs Racine's tragic love story from Ted Hughes' passionately wrought translation of love, betrayal, humiliation, despair and death. And takes a fresh look at one of the most important tragedies in French theatre.

Description

Phèdre is married to the notorious demigod, King Theseus, who is thought to be lost in the underworld. When rumours of his death reach her, forbidden desire erupts in a confession of devastating love for her stepson. But when the King unexpectedly returns, their family is torn apart by wild accusations, chilling curses and violent deaths. 
Phèdre is married to the notorious demigod, King Theseus, who is thought to be lost in the underworld. When rumours of his death reach her, forbidden desire erupts in a confession of devastating love for her stepson. But when the King unexpectedly returns, their family is torn apart by wild accusations, chilling curses and violent deaths.
Racine's interpretation of this ancient Greek myth is one of the most important tragedies in French theatre. Director Peter Evans takes a fresh look at this tragic love story through a passionately and beautifully realised translation by Ted Hughes, wrought with love, betrayal, humiliation and despair.
Starring Catherine McClements as Phèdre, this elegant and gripping tragedy explores the power of human emotion. Of what it can create and what it can destroy 
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Artist Information

BY Jean Racine
TRANSLATED BY Ted Hughes
DIRECTOR Peter Evans
DESIGNER Anna Cordingley
LIGHTING DESIGNER Paul Jackson
COMPOSER Kelly Ryall
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Fleur Kilpatrick

WITH
Marco Chiappi, Abby Earl, Julie Forsyth, Bert LaBonte, Caroline Lee, Edmund Lembke-Hogan, Catherine McClements & Olivia Monticciolo

Pricing Information

Prices correct at the time of publication and subject to change without notice. Exact prices will be displayed with seat selection.

Preview $35
Standard $68 - $72
Concession* $58 - $65
Group 8+** $58 - $65
Under 30*** $33 - $45
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$8.50 - Contact Centre
$8.50 - Internet
$5.00 - Box Office Counter

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