num_pages: 240
description: Jean Racine remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. This volume brings together three of his most important plays in an entirely new translation. C.H. Sisson captures the clarity, passion, and rhythm of Racine's language as he portrays characters wrestling withambition, treachery, religion, and love.
language: English
title: Britannicus / Phaedra / Athaliah
titlecomplete: Britannicus / Phaedra / Athaliah
genres: Fiction, Plays, French Literature, Theatre, Classics, France, Drama, Poetry
ratings_count: 73
publisher: Oxford University Press