Phèdre
Tickets and Information
SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Sep 14, 2002
Closed Oct 13, 2002
Opened Sep 14, 2002
Closed Oct 13, 2002
Directions & Map
Visit the Phèdre website:
http://www.CourtTheatre.org
TICKETS TO THIS SHOW
CHECK FOR DISCOUNTS
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Chicago's Court Theatre opens its 48th season with nationally acclaimed director JoAnne Akalaitis' provocative and passionate staging of Phèdre, Jean Racine's 17th-century version of Euripides' Greek tragedy about a queen's passion for her husband's son. The play is adapted by Paul Schmidt.
There are no Saturday matinees during previews. Opening night is at 7pm.
WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?
What are other members saying?
No user reviews have been posted yet.
Write a review
NEWSLETTER SIGN UP
MOST POPULAR
SHARED ON FACEBOOK
By providing information about entertainment and cultural events on this site, TheaterMania.com shall not be deemed to endorse,
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
recommend, approve and/or guarantee such events, or any facts, views, advice and/or information contained therein.
©1999-2012 TheaterMania.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy
Seventeenth century French neo-classical tragedy never has been popular with English-speaking audiences. Owing to the strict structural formulae which it follows, it's perceived by many as declamatory bombast with little stage action, fit more for reading than performance. The work of the genre's greatest masters -- Pierre Corneille and his younger contemporary, Jean Racine -- rarely is seen in the United States. To my certain knowledge, Racine's finest play, Phèdre, dating from 1677, hasn't been professionally produced in Chicago in at least 35 years, and perhaps never at all. Very few of this city's theatergoers have seen Phèdre -- and those attending the new Court Theatre production by [...]