Phedre by Jean Racine

Phedre

Jean Racine with Ted Hughes (Translator)

88 pages first pub 1677 (editions)

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A lean, high-tension version of a classic tragedy. The myth of Phaedra is one of the most powerful in all of classical mythology. As dramatized by the French playwright Jean Racine (1639-99), the dying Queen's obsessive love for her stepson, Hippo...

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