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 ...

Full casting is announced today for Jean Racine's Roman tragedy Britannicus, translated and adapted by Timberlake Wertenbaker and directed by award-winning director Atri Banerjee, in a thrilling, new ...

Britannicus made amends for Warrnambool disappointment, leading all the way at Sandown Lakeside to claim the $150,000 Australian Steeple at Sandown. Symon Wilde-trained Britannicus jumped sweetly for ...

Britannicus showed that ability with his game win in Tuesday’s Brierly Steeplechase at Warrnambool. Britannicus threw away last year’s Brierly when he attempted to go the wrong way following the ...

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 ...

Even Timberlake Wertenbaker can’t quite ignite Racine’s tyrannical hero; Harry Hill’s New Labour musical is a gag-filled joy; and the spirits move for Mark Ravenhill When Jean Racine wrote Britannicus ...

Timberlake Wertenbaker’s take on Racine’s version of ancient Rome is replete with power-crazed emperors, deadly poison and juicy family politics Rome might have teemed with power-crazed emperors but ...

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 REVIEW: A fantastically entertaining modern dress look at the early days of Emperor Nero at the Lyric Hammersmith. The razor-sharp script is anchored by a sensational central performance ...

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 ...