Phaedra, by Racine

Edited and translated by Oreste F. Pucciani, this edition of Phaedra for performance and study is well annotated and features an introduction that includes a plot summary and extensive discussion of how the historical, social, religious, and theatrical conventions of seventeenth-century France contribute to the play. Also included are a list of principal dates in the life of Jean Racine, and a selected bibliography.