Phaedra
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 1962
Language: eng; fre
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780525482703
Subjects: Continental european drama (dramatic works by one author)
Description: Phèdre falls in love with her husband Thèsée'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 Thèsée). 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.