Phaedra daughter of the cretan king minos and his wife, pasiphae. Theseus queen, phaedra, fell in love with hippolytus. Among these plays, phaedras love is the only one that is based on a model and therefore not utterly kanes content. Blasted phaedra s love download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Kane s achievement is to have humanised the antics of the pounding royals.
Theseus, refusing to believe hippolytus protestations of innocence, banished him and called. Oct 31, 2005 phaedra s love is about despair the despair of young hippolytus, who feels absolutely nothing and understands too much, and of his stepmother, phaedra, who feels too much and understands too little. In scene 2, phaedra, hippolytuss stepmother, consults a doctor. Phaedra cliffsnotes study guides book summaries, test. In scene 5 of phaedra s love, hippolytus is examining his discolored tongue when strophe enters, telling him to hide. Phaedra has accused him of rape, and strophe wants to know if hippolytus had sex with her. Tagged amazon books, download the secrets of love story bridge pdf, ebook the secrets of love story bridge book, ebook the secrets of love story bridge book club, ebook the secrets of love story bridge book free, ebook the secrets of love story bridge book pdf, goodreads book, new release, phaedra patrick book, phaedra patrick ebook free, read the secrets of love story bridge pdf, the secrets. Her sulphurous dialgoue is full of reeking toughness evening standard. Jun 02, 2016 stefano falcone hippolytus and andrea greene phaedra in a scene from sarah kane s play phaedra s love 1996, performed on the 28th may 2016 for their endofyear scenework for the foundation. Phaedras love is a renaissance austin theatre company production, but its on a. Then, he joylessly masturbates into another sock and eats another hamburger. A fulllength, poetic drama resurrects the love, lust, and retribution of the original greek legend in modern surroundings. 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.
Phaedras nurse hatches a plan to conceal phaedras guilt by accusing hippolytus of attempting to rape his stepmother. She is married to theseus but in love with his son, hippolytus. Humiliated, she falsely accused him of having raped her. First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by sarah kanesarah kane s radical reworking of seneca s classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. Based on the classical story of phaedra by seneca, kanes fresh and darkly comic adaptation tells a story of. The play features intense scenes of violence and brutality. She is best known for the extraordinary public controversy over blasted, her first play which, like subsequent works from her, were shocking and defining moments in theater. At stake in phaedras love are notions of stable identity, the ability to communicate an inner self and the effectiveness of that communication in a degraded world. Pdf kane complete plays blasted phaedra s love cleansed. Jan 01, 2001 sarah kane 1971 1999 was an english dramatist. Phaedras love is a play by british playwright sarah kane. Find books like phaedras love from the worlds largest community of readers.
Playwright the play phaedras love, by sarah kane, takes the classic greek tragedy, phaedra, and retells it in a modernday setting. Hippolytus says he isnt sure, and strophe hectors him for a definite answer. Shortly thereafter, theseus returns, freshly escaped from the underworld. Phaedra confesses that she is in love with hippolytus, and recalls her own mother pasiphaes lust for a bull a lust that gave birth to the infamous minotaur, which theseus himself slew.
Phaedras love is loosely based on roman scholar and playwright senecas version of phaedra, which was based on the ancient greek play hippolytus. It was first performed in 1996 at londons gate theatre, directed by the author. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Phaedra with attendant, probably her nurse, a fresco from pompeii circa 6020 bc. First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by sar.
After his departure, phaedra appears, racked with despair. Phaedra s love, scenes 14 summary phaedra s love begins with hippolytus, fat and slovenly, watching television while slumped on the couch and eating hamburgers. Hippolytus son of theseus and antiope, queen of the amazons. If you own the to this book and it is wrongfully on our website, we offer a simple dmca procedure to remove your content from our site. Phaedra s love is a play by british playwright sarah kane. Phaedras wetnurse, an old woman who at first seems a vessel of wisdom in her attempts to console and advise her mistress, but then reveals a more sinister side when she hatches a plan to falsely accuse hippolytus of trying to rape his stepmother. Phaedras love by sarah kane city lit foundation 201516. Click download or read online button to get blasted phaedra s love book now. Our cheap used books come with free delivery in the uk. In racine s version hippolytus is a famous hater of women who falls in love with aricia, a princess of the blood line of athens. Because he rejects with horror his stepmothers incestuous love, she is. Second century roman sarcophagus of beatrice of lorraine in the camposanto in pisa. Emotions, particularly love, and need of any type are an unbearable threat to the prince.
Phaedra by jean racine free ebook project gutenberg. Books phaedra patrick usa today bestselling author. He sees phaedra in distress, seemingly prepared to kill herself, and demands an explanation. Phaedra modern full length poetic drama adaptation. Phaedras love, 2008 go away fuck off dont touch me dont talk to me stay with me. Senecas phaedra written around 50 ce, phaedra centers on a queen, who at her nurses behest, attempts to seduce her. Download pdf kane complete plays blasted phaedra s love cleansed crave 4 48 psychosis skin book full free. It is a play of sadistic desire in which desire is transformed, or rather, mangled into violence, culminating in death by violent and public murder and private suicide. My students read phaedra after euripidess hippolytus as part of an analogy criticism assignment, in which they comparecontrast the two versions, which are decidedly different, to say the least. The only clue shes left behind is a secret message on the padlock she hung on love story bridge buy us. This author has written about the real housewives of atlanta star phaedra parks. Written by sarah kane codirected and designed by cao cong codirected by vanda butkovic animation by leshan li sound design by grzegorz staniewicz. When theseus, king of athens, disappears during an expedition and is rumored to be dead, his wife phaedra pursues her love for. Essay about phaedras love by sarah kane 1788 words.
One hot summers day, everything changes when mitchell bravely rescues a woman who falls from the bridge into the river, then disappears. Pdf on may 1, 2011, anja mullerwood and others published the fatal effects of phaedras love. Click download or read online button to get seneca phaedra book now. Next section glossary previous section phaedra summary buy. I would except simmias the theban, but all the rest are far behind you. Cliffsnotes on phaedra discusses jean racines tragedy about deceit, honor, and forbidden love. Because he rejects with horror his stepmothers incestuous love, she is responsible for his death. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. Jean racine was born on october 22 nd,1639 in france.
Buy phaedras love by sarah kane, in very good condition. Phaedras love is a bold and provocative revisioning of the story of phaedras obsessive and destructive love of her son hippolytus and his violent punishment by theseus. Phaedras love debuted on may 15, 1996, at the golden gate theatre in london. Phaedras love, defiant theatre, at american theater company. In this paper, kanes debut play blasted, alongside her proximate plays phaedras love and cleansed, will be discussed in order to explore the nature of the plays concerning their subject matter. Phaedras love is about despair the despair of young hippolytus, who feels absolutely nothing and understands too much, and of his stepmother, phaedra.
Phaedra was the daughter of minos and pasiphae of crete, and thus sister to acacallis, ariadne, androgeus, deucalion. First single volume edition of this bold version of a classic by sarah kanesarah kanes radical reworking of senecas classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. Sarah kane a rewriting of the phaedra myth, phaedras love continued kanes fragmentation of naturalism, and was her first play to deal explicitly with what was to become her main theme. Discussion of themes and motifs in jean racine s phaedra. This content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Sarah kane s radical reworking of seneca s classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. Phaedra fell in love with her stepson hippolytus, who refused her advances. Devon exeterplymouth based emo 2piece phaedras love. Kanes achievement is to have humanised the antics of the. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search.
This was the model for nicola pisanos work on the pisa baptistery in the midthirteenth century. May 02, 2003 phaedra s love draws on seneca s version of the phaedra story, but with certain key differences. It was first performed in 1996 at london s gate theatre, directed by the author. Sep 19, 2008 sarah kane s radical reworking of seneca s classical tragedy of incest and unrequited lust. If you think simulated blow jobs, makebelieve disembowelment, and people saying cunt are provocative, youre sarah kanes kind of. Phaedra s love is a renaissance austin theatre company production, but it s on a recognizable vortex trajectory since the hourlong. The play is a modern adaptation of senecas phaedra.
In scene 5 of phaedras love, hippolytus is examining his discolored tongue when strophe enters, telling him to hide. When false word comes that theseus is dead, phaedra moves to put her own son on the throne. Phaedras love is british playwright sarah kanes second work. Kane complete plays blasted phaedra s love cleansed crave 4 48. Loose canon present a a satirical portrait of a corroded royal family in phaedras love by sarah kane. The play explores the brutal nature of love, social relations, nihilism and belief through the example of an affair between a queen and her stepson. The play is a modern adaptation of seneca s phaedra. Phaedras love draws on senecas version of the phaedra story, but with certain key differences. Phaedra s love is a bold and provocative revisioning of the story of phaedra s obsessive and destructive love of her. The play, which features incredibly violent and visceral scenes of sex, brutality, rape, and murder, is reflective of sarah kanes writing style.
Phaedras love was only sarah kanes second play, but it followed many of the patterns already set by her previous work. Kane in phaedras love puts much more of the physical violence and bodily unpleasantness with some additions on stage, rather than off, as in senecas original. In it, she takes the story of phaedra from greek mythology and strips it down to a raw, brutal, bleakly humorous portrait of a contemporary dysfunctional modern family. Kane places the offstage violence of the classical theatre front and center, with a final bloodbath featuring the rape and murder of phaedras daughter strophe, the castration and disembowelment of hippolytus, and the suicide of theseus. Books similar to phaedras love goodreads share book. This paper will perform an existential analysis of sarah kanes hippolytos in phaedras love. Phaedras love, scenes 14 summary phaedras love begins with hippolytus, fat and slovenly, watching television while slumped on the couch and eating hamburgers. Seneca phaedra download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In order to do this, i will examine key scenes throughout the text which illuminate his personality under the following existential principles. In the first portion of my statement as dramaturg for a production of this work at the geffen. Phaedra has been the subject of many notable works in art, literature, music and film.
In the end the same characters end up dead, but the motivations and other key elements are different. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Combining soft and quiet melodies with raucous screams, overdriven riffs and spoken word samples. Phaedras love, old vic, bristol culture the guardian. Anne tipton, bristol old vic studio, 20th october 5th november 2005 then touring. Phaedras love is about despair the despair of young hippolytus, who feels absolutely nothing and understands too much, and of his stepmother, phaedra, who feels too much and understands too little. Kanes achievement is to have humanised the antics of the pounding royals. Set in a beach house with the sound of drumming waves and ghostly figures of fishwives in the background, this verse play brings the ancient story back to life. Your love of discourse, phaedrus, is superhuman, simply marvellous, and i do not believe that there is any one of your contemporaries who has either made or in one way or another has compelled others to make an equal number of speeches. When phaedras passion was revealed to him, he reacted with such revulsion that she killed herself, leaving a note accusing hippolytus of having tried to rape her. Sarah kane find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Goodreads members who liked phaedras love also liked. Kane places the offstage violence of the classical theatre front and center, with a final bloodbath featuring the rape and murder of phaedra s daughter strophe, the castration and disembowelment of hippolytus, and the suicide of theseus.
Kanes plays are known for being disturbingly violent and visual. Reviewing, for some folks come to be a demand that is to do. While shes now free to sell the book, none of stantons claims about phaedra have. Hippolytus, the spoiled prince, is driven to preserve his self inviolate. Dramaturgs statement phaedras love dramaturgical blog. How to be nice, work hard, look pretty, have lies of a real housewife. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by project gutenberg. It is a play of sadistic desire in which desire is transformed, or rather, mangled into violence, culminating in.