num_pages: 64
description: 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.
language: English
title: Phèdre
titlecomplete: Phèdre
characters: Hippolyte, Oenone, Ismène, Thésée, Phèdre, Aricie, Théramène, Panope
genres: Fiction, Plays, France, Theatre, French Literature, Drama, 17th Century, School, Literature, Classics
ratings_count: 20730
publisher: Dover Publications