NT Live: Phedre July 13, 2009

Steppenwolf Theatre present the exclusive Chicago screening of 'Phedre,' the pilot production of NT LIVE, a new initiative by UK's National Theatre to broadcast performances of plays on cinema screens around the world. The filmed version of this classic play will also include a behind-the-scenes feature at the National Theatre. Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson and believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phedre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phedre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape. The result is carnage.