Phaedra's Love
by Sarah Kane

Name: Phaedra's Love
Brand: Sarah Kane
SKU: 9780413771124
Rating: 3.68 (2230 reviews)

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What readers are saying

Readers are divided about this adaptation of the classic myth. While many appreciate the raw and unsettling nature of the writing, others express disappointment in its deviation from the original story. The intense themes of violence and dysfunction resonate strongly with some, causing mixed feelings about its artistic merit. Overall, it evokes strong reactions, both positive and negative.

Intense and thought-provokingDark humor and raw storytellingBrave and unapologetic writingDivisive interpretation of the original mythViolence may be off-putting for some

Synopsis

First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by Sarah Kane Sarah Kane's radical reworking of Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust.

Phaedra's Love is a bold and provocative revisioning of the story of Phaedra's obsessive and destructive love of her son Hippolytus and his violent punishment by Theseus

Kane's achievement is to have humanised the antics of the pounding royals.

Her sulphurous dialgoue is full of reeking toughness' Evening Standard 'Sarah Kane's writing is both daring and accomplished' Time Out 'Pure theatre or rather impure theatre: dirty, alarming, dangerous' Observer 'delivered with punch and laced with black humour' Financial Times