Phedre - Dual-Language Edition

Informationen zum Autor Jean Racine (1639-99) is widely regarded as the greatest seventeenth-century Frenc tragedian, both observing and transcending the conventions of classical tragedy. Klappentext Racine's play Phèdre-which draws on Euripides' tragedy Hippolytus-is the supreme achievement of French neoclassic theater. In her amusing foreword, Margaret Rawlings explains how this particular translation-made specifically from the actor's point-of-view-evolved from the 1957 Campbell Allen production. Containing both the French and English texts on facing pages, as well as Racine's own preface and notes on his contemporary and classical references, this edition of Phèdre is a favorite among modern readers and is of special value to students, amateur companies, and repertory theaters alike. Translated and with a foreword by Margaret Rawlings.Racine’s play Phèdre —which draws on Euripides’ tragedy Hippolytus—is the supreme achievement of French neoclassic theater. In her amusing foreword, Margaret Rawlings explains how this particular translation—made specifically from the actor’s point-of-view—evolved from the 1957 Campbell Allen production. Containing both the French and English texts on facing pages, as well as Racine’s own preface and notes on his contemporary and classical references, this edition of Phèdre is a favorite among modern readers and is of special value to students, amateur companies, and repertory theaters alike. Translated and with a foreword by Margaret Rawlings.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Racine, Jean Baptiste Racine, Margaret Rawlings
• Assisted by: Margaret Rawlings (Foreword), Margaret Rawlings (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English, French
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.1992
• EAN: 9780140445916
• ISBN: 978-0-14-044591-6
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 12 mm
• Series: Penguin Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies