Phaedra: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Phaedra, credited to Jean Racine, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Phaedra by Jean Racine, translated by Robert Bruce Boswell. In the court of Louis XIV, adaptations of Greek tragedies were very popular. This play, heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, deals with love that violates social taboos. Note: In Racine's work, a new "scene" begins whenever a character enters or exits. Therefore, there are no stage directions, only a list of the characters on stage for each scene. The action is continuous for the entire act. (Summary by Libby Gohn) Cast Narrator: bala Theseus: Bruce Pirie Phaedra: Elizabeth Klett Hippolytus: Libby Gohn Aricia: Charlotte Duckett Oenone: Amanda Friday Theramenes: Alan Mapstone Ismene: Haili Panope: Maryanka Audio edited by Libby Gohn

Recording facts

• Recording title: Phaedra
• Author credits: Jean Racine
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 5
• Listed recording duration: 1:38:52

Catalogue topics

• audio
• drama
• tragedy
• greek mythology
• racine

Track guide

1. 1 - Act I — 21:44
2. 2 - Act II — 21:09
3. 3 - Act III — 15:37
4. 4 - Act IV — 19:45
5. 5 - Act V — 20:40

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