Phaedra suspects her plan and absolutely forbids her to speak with Hippolytus. |
He unpinned and flung aside the sheets as though to let Phaedra plead for herself. |
It was emblematic of a new state of society when Euripides created the Phaedra and the Medea. |
A new classical company, Concentric Circles, kicks off with a revival of Racine's Phaedra. |
Theseus then returns from the war and Phaedra, bent on self-preservation, denounces Hippolytus. |
After the alleged death of her husband Theseus, Phaedra declares her love to Theseus' son Hippolytus, but he rejects her. |