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Description for Phaedra
paperback. Translator(s): McGuinness, Frank. Series: Faber Plays. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 124 x 7. Weight in Grams: 96.
The King is missing, presumed dead. His warrior son is braced for inheritance but is betrayed by his heart. Phaedra, the tormented Queen, has a terrifying secret that will shake Athens to its core.
Based on Euripides' Hippolytus, Racine's Phaedra reveals the devastating potential of love and the brutality of human nature.
Phaedra, in this new version by Frank McGuinness, premiered at the Donmar Warehouse, London, in April 2006.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Series
Faber Plays
Number of Pages
80
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571233021
SKU
V9780571233021
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Ref
99-1
About Jean Racine
Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana, Co. Donegal, and now lives in Dublin and lectures in English at University College Dublin. His plays include: The Factory Girls (Abbey Theatre, Dublin, 1982), Baglady (Abbey, 1985), Observe the Sons of Ulster Marching Towards the Somme (Abbey, 1985; Hampstead Theatre, London, 1986), Innocence (Gate Theatre, Dublin, 1986), Carthaginians (Abbey, 1988; Hampstead, 1989), Mary ... Read more
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