Phaedra’s Love is a play by British playwright Sarah Kane. It was first performed in 1996 at London’s Gate Theatre directed by the author. The play is a modern adaptation of Seneca’s Phaedra. 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.It centres more on Hippolytus (the original focuses more on Phaedra) who is rendered lazy and cynical by his upbringing as the son of King Theseus.
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