Racine: Three Plays

This work contains three masterpieces by one of the most important French dramatists of the 17th century. Berenice is a tale of love and personal happiness in conflict with public duty. Phedre concerns a princess with an overwhelming infatuation with her stepson. Britannicus lays bare the relationships at the heart of power as a world slips into moral chaos. These new versions by two of the country’s most distinguished director-translators prove that Racine is far from untranslatable; they offer blisteringly effective poetry, urgent plotting and powerhouse roles for both actors and actresses.