Phaedra's Love

by Sarah Kane

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780413771124
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	09/19/2008
Series:	Modern Plays
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.11(d)

About the Author

Sarah Kane was born in 1971. Her first play, Blasted, was produced at the Royal Court Theatre Upstairs 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 produced by Paines Plough and Bright Ltd at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Her last play, 4.48 Psychosis, premiered at the Royal Court Jerwood Theatre Upstairs in June 2000. Her short film, Skin, produced by British Screen/Channel Four, premiered in June 1997. Sarah Kane died in 1999, and is now recognised as one of the most influential voices in modern European theatre.

Editorial Reviews

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

From the Publisher

Delivered with punch and laced with black humour.

Financial Times

Pure theatre or rather impure theatre: dirty, alarming, dangerous.

Observer

Sarah Kane's writing is both daring and accomplished.

Time Out

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

Evening Standard