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Phèdre (French:; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
Phèdre, classical tragedy in five acts by Jean Racine, performed and published in 1677. Racine’s work is based on the play Hippolytus by the Greek playwright Euripides and addresses the same story, but it changes the focus from Hippolytus (Hippolyte), the stepson, to Phaedra (Phèdre), the stepmother.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Phèdre est une tragédie en cinq actes et en vers de Jean Racine joué pour la première fois le 1er janvier 1677 à Paris sous le titre Phèdre et Hippolyte 1. Racine n'adopte le titre de Phèdre qu'à partir de la seconde édition de ses Œuvres en 1687 2. La pièce comporte 1 654 alexandrins.
Phèdre is a play by the French dramatist Jean Racine, based on a Greek myth about the love of Phaedra for her stepson Hippolytus. The study guide provides a plot summary, analysis, themes, characters, and more.
Jul 10, 2024 · Phèdre represents the culmination of seventeenth-century French classical tragedy and can be fully understood only against the background of seventeenth-century French political, social, and literary history, of which we provide a brief sketch.
- Edward D. James, Gillian Jondorf
- 1994
Nov 1, 1999 · A free online and downloadable version of the classic French tragedy Phèdre, based on the Greek myth of Phaedra. The web page provides links to different formats and languages, as well as information about the author, translator, and copyright.
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In Phèdre Racine shows us a tragedy of double displacement. In prey to her passion for her stepson Hippolyte, Phèdre herself no longer inhabits space in the ways that other characters do; she moves in her own, strangely-contoured world, and her ventures into the spaces shared by others are catastrophic.
