Racine: Three Plays - Paperback
by Jean Racine
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Availability:In StockContributor:Jean Racine, Neil Bartlett (Adapted by), Robert David MacDonald (Adapted by)Series:Oberon ClassicsPublish date:2011-02-22Pages:192
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oberon BooksISBN-13:9781840027617ISBN-10:1840027614UPC:9781840027617Book Category:Drama, ArtBook Subcategory:European, Ancient & Classical, PerformanceBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.20 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCZ2F390KG
Racine: Three Plays
Includes the plays Britannicus, Phedra and Berenice
Jean Racine is the greatest tragedian of the French seventeenth century, using its strict rules and conventions to tell stories of overwhelming passion and cruelty. This volume brings together three of his greatest plays. Britannicus, the earliest, is set in the court of the young Emperor Nero, and in an atmosphere seething with erotic tension,...Series: Oberon Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:Oberon BooksISBN-13:9781840027617ISBN-10:1840027614UPC:9781840027617Book Category:Drama, ArtBook Subcategory:European, Ancient & Classical, PerformanceBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:8.20 x 5.10 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4806Product ID:SCZ2F390KG
Jean Racine (1639-99) is widely regarded as the greatest seventeenth-century Frenc tragedian, both observing and transcending the conventions of classical tragedy. Neil Bartlett is one of his generation's most respected and innovative theatre directors. His highly individual translations of French and German classical theatre, and charcteristically theatrical adaptations of Dickens, most of them...
Publisher: Oberon Books
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Jean Racine, Neil Bartlett (Adapted by), Robert David MacDonald (Adapted by)
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