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Sat 06 Jun 2009Coming to a screen near you: theatre
ARTSCAPE: CINEMA IS the new theatre, writes Sara Keating. London’s National Theatre launched a landmark initiative last Thursday with a live broadcast of Ted Hughes’s relentless translation of Racine’s Phèdre, directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Helen Mirren, at 200 cinemas all over the world, including four in Ireland.
There was especial Irish interest in this production, which co-stars Stanley Townsend and Ruth Negga, and features set design by Bob Crowley. Tickets to screenings in the Irish Film Institute and cinemas in Dundrum, Swords and Dungarvan were sold out.
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