“In something of a glittery coup for the Shakespeare Theatre Company, Oscar-winning actress Helen Mirren will be featured this September at the troupe’s Sidney Harman Hall, in a visit by the Royal National Theatre’s new production of ‘Phèdre.’ … Officials of the Shakespeare Theatre say that Mirren’s D.C. appearance, which will follow a three-month run of the play in London, is at this point the only U.S. engagement of the Jean Racine tragedy.”