{"product_id":"phedre-9780374526160","title":"Phedre","description":"\u003cp\u003eA lean, high-tension version of a classic tragedy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe myth of Phaedra is one of the most powerful in all of classical mythology. As dramatized by the French playwright Jean Racine (1639-99), the dying Queen's obsessive love for her stepson, Hippolytus, and the scrupulously upright Hippolytus' love for the forbidden beauty Aricia has come to be known as one of the great stories of tragic infatuation, a tale of love strong enough to bring down a kingdom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this \"tough, unrhyming avalanche of a translation\" (Paul Taylor, \u003ci\u003eThe Independent)\u003c\/i\u003e, Hughes replaces Racine's alexandrines with an English verse that serves eloquently to convey the passions of his protagonists. The translation was performed to acclaim in London in 1998, and the London production, starring Diana Rigg, was staged in 1999 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"We are still catching up with Ted Hughes's gift for narrative verse after his \u003ci\u003eTales from Ovid\u003c\/i\u003e,\" one English critic observed after the London premiere. \"Little needs to happen on stage when there's a swirling action-packed disaster movie-riddled with sex and violence-in Hughes's free verse.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374526160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.30d","brand":"Jean Racine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43075426058421,"sku":"9780374526160","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b419be4a-9896-407e-9a43-c980f99ee82f.jpg?v=1691465703","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/phedre-9780374526160","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}