Phèdre was a 1677 play by Jean Racine, based on both the play Hippolytus by Euripides, and a later Roman play Phaedra by Seneca the Younger. Due to its negative reception in the popular press, Racine abandoned writing for the public theater after this play (although later in his career he did write additional works on a royal commission). It is generally considered by to be his finest work; it was chosen for inclusion in the Harvard Classics.
Characters
- Phaedra
- Hippolytys (stepson of Phaedra)
- Theseus (the King of Athens)
- Aricia (princess, and love of Hippolytys)
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