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Phèdre

American  
[fe-druh] / ˈfɛ drə /

noun

  1. a tragedy (1677) by Racine.


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Next Saturday Connolly sings Phèdre in Glyndebourne's new production of Rameau's 1773 opera Hippolyte et Aricie.

From The Guardian Jun. 21, 2013

Since the first such broadcast in 2009 – when Helen Mirren's Phèdre was seen by 50,000 people worldwide – NT Live has achieved a total audience of 1.3 million.

From The Guardian Jun. 9, 2013

I remember going to the very first of these, Hytner's own production of Phèdre, with Helen Mirren, in 2009, and feeling it was revolutionary in its potential to enlarge the audience for drama.

From The Guardian Apr. 10, 2013

Though I must say that my only other experience that felt like doing rock 'n' roll was doing "Phèdre" at the Davros in Greece in front of 40,000 people.

From Salon May 23, 2010

At the age of thirty-eight, after two years' labour, he completed the work in which his genius shows itself in its consummate form—the great tragedy of Phèdre.

From Landmarks in French Literature by Giles Lytton Strachey

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