Phaedra : tragedy in five acts, 1677
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Phaedra : tragedy in five acts, 1677
Harcourt, 1987, c1986
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Phèdre
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Phaedra is consumed with passion for Hippolytus, her stepson. Believing her husband dead, she confesses her love to him and is rebuffed. When her husband returns alive, Phaedra convinces him that it was Hippolytus who attempted to seduce her. In his interpretation, Racine replaced the stylized tragedy with human-scale characters and actions. Introduction by Richard Wilbur.
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