PhaedraJean Racine
Phaedra
Jean Racine, Margaret Rawlings · 1962
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Phèdre falls in love with her husband Thèsée's son Hippolyte - and through her passion she dooms the young man, the woman (Princess Aricie), her husband, her nurse confidante OEnone (who drives the plot with her unwise advice to Phèdre), and ultimately herself (she takes poison after confessing her crime to Thèsée). Agony-themed stage plays reached their zenith with the masterful pen of French playwright, Jean Racine. Passion, wickedness, deceit, and conspiracy flowed like honey into the tragedy.
Book details
- Year
- 1962
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Editions
- 5
- Pages
- 180
- ISBN
- 9780525482703
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