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Phedra
Jean Racine
Phedre (Packard)
by Jean Racine, William Packard
Synopsis
Phèdre falls in love with her husband Thésée'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 Thésée).
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.
Press Reviews
"Fidelity to the original in clarity, choice of words, and verse structure.... Strong passions and dignity through catastrophe."
— New York World Telegram & Sun
"Perhaps the most civilized great tragedy ever written."
— Eric Bentley
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Phedre (Packard) is a play written by Jean Racine and published by Samuel French .
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