Phedra: A Tragedy in Five Acts (Dover Thrift Editions)
Publisher: Dover Publications
Publication year: 2001
ISBN: 0486419274
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.
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