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Phaedra's Love - (Modern Plays) by Sarah Kane (Paperback)

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  • First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by Sarah Kane Sarah Kane's radical reworking of Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust.
  • About the Author: Sarah Kane was born in 1971.
  • 48 Pages
  • Drama, European
  • Series Name: Modern Plays

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About the Book



A reworking of classical myth, this harrowing play is a brutal exposure of love at its most impure and dangerous.



Book Synopsis



First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by Sarah Kane


Sarah Kane's radical reworking of Seneca's classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. Phaedra's Love is a bold and provocative revisioning of the story of Phaedra's obsessive and destructive love of her son Hippolytus and his violent punishment by Theseus.Kane's achievement is to have humanised the antics of the pounding royals. Her sulphurous dialgoue is full of reeking toughness' Evening Standard
'Sarah Kane's writing is both daring and accomplished' Time Out
'Pure theatre or rather impure theatre: dirty, alarming, dangerous' Observer
'delivered with punch and laced with black humour' Financial Times



Review Quotes




"Kane's achievement is to have humanised the antics of the pounding royals. Her sulphurous dialgoue is full of reeking toughness." --Evening Standard

"Sarah Kane's writing is both daring and accomplished." --Time Out

"Pure theatre or rather impure theatre: dirty, alarming, dangerous." --Observer

"Delivered with punch and laced with black humour." --Financial Times




About the Author



Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstai rs in 1995. Her second play, Phaedra's Love, was produced at the Gate Theatre in 1996. In April 1998, Cleansed was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, and in September 1998, Crave was prod uced at Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychos is, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produc ed by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.3 Inches (H) x 5.4 Inches (W) x .3 Inches (D)
Weight: .15 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 48
Series Title: Modern Plays
Genre: Drama
Sub-Genre: European
Publisher: Methuen Drama
Theme: English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Format: Paperback
Author: Sarah Kane
Language: English
Street Date: September 19, 2008
TCIN: 90811633
UPC: 9780413771124
Item Number (DPCI): 247-45-7198
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.15 pounds
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