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Jean Racine, English stage version by Robert David MacDonald
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Language: English
Published by Amber Lane Press, Oxford, England, 1985
- First Edition
- Softcover
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- Title
- Phedra
- Author
- Jean Racine, English stage version by Robert David MacDonald
- Publisher
- Amber Lane Press, Oxford, England
- Publication year
- 1985
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0906399610
- ISBN 13
- 9780906399613
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Dimensions
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
Based on Euripides' Hippolytus, this play by one of France's greatest playwrights is a magnificent example of character exposition. When the title character, Hippolytus' stepmother, receives false information that her husband, Theseus, is dead, Phedra reveals a passionate love for her stepson — an act that eventually spells doom for both characters.
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About the Author
Dramatist Jean Racine (1639–1699) is renowned for his mastery of French classical tragedy. Racine modeled his plays after the ancient Greek and Roman traditions, reinvigorating the classics with an emphasis on his characters' consciousness rather than their actions. His plays were enormously successful, and he retired from the theater at the height of his powers to serve as royal historiographer in the court of Louis XIV.
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