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Phaedra and other Plays - Jean Racine
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Jean Racine’s 'Phaedra and Other Plays' brings together three of his great tragedies: 'Iphigenia', 'Phaedra' and 'Athaliah'. Drawing on Greek mythology and the Old Testament, the plays explore passion, duty, power, religious conviction and the destructive consequences of human desire. 'Phaedra' centres on the forbidden love of the Cretan queen for her stepson Hippolytus, while 'Iphigenia' turns on Agamemnon’s terrible decision to sacrifice his daughter and 'Athaliah' depicts a struggle for power within the royal house of Judah. Translated by John Cairncross, this Penguin Classics volume offers an accessible introduction to one of the central figures of seventeenth-century French tragedy.
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