Four French Plays av Jean Racine

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<p>This new Penguin volume includes the ''greatest hits'' of French classical theatre, in vivid and acclaimed English translations. <br><br>The plays in this volume - <i>Cinna</i>, <i>The Misanthrope</i>, <i>Andromache</i> and <i>Phaedra</i> - span only thirty-seven years, but make up the defining period of French theatre. In Corneille''s <i>Cinna </i>(1640), absolute power is explored in ancient Rome, while Moli¿''s <i>The Misanthrope </i>(1666), the only comedy in this collection, sees its anti-hero outcast for his refusal to conform to social conventions. Here also are two key plays by Racine: <i>Andromache</i> (1667), recounting the tragedy of Hector''s widow after the Trojan War, and <i>Phaedre </i>(1677), showing a mother crossing the bounds of love with her son.<br><br>John Edmunds'' translation of <i>Phaedra</i> was originally broadcast on Radio Three with a cast including Prunella Scales and Timothy West, and was subsequently praised by Harold Pinter. This is the first time it