See how modern science may disprove the widely-accepted story of how Nero poisoned his step brother Brittanicus to eliminate a potential adversary. Take a look at the life of Nero and find out what ...

Atri Banerjee's production of Jean Racine's Britannicus is no Roman Holiday. With the wind of a new translation from Timberlake Wertenbaker in its sails, the production tries to channel the depth of a ...

It’s a big ask for a weekday in Hammersmith: a radical reworking of Jean Racine’s 17 th century French verse play about Nero’s metamorphosis from Rome’s brat-emperor into its psycho tyrant. At least ...

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There's a stuffed wolf on stage, silently snarling its way through the opening scenes of Timberlake Wertenbaker’s biting new update on Jean Racine's 1669 play ‘Britannicus’. It's a reference to the ...

BRITANNICUS. By Jean Racine. In a new version by Robert David MacDonald. With Diana Rigg, Toby Stephens, Kevin McKidd, Joanna Roth and others. Directed by Jonathan Kent. PHEDRE. By Jean Racine. In a ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Life & Arts news every morning. Jean Racine valued elegance of form at least as much as powerful expression. More accurately, to him ...