Phaedra's Love
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Phaedra's Love is Sarah Kane's 1996 modern adaptation of Seneca's Phaedra. Directed by Kane, it was first performed at the Gate Theatre, London. 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. Unlike classical drama, all of the violent action happens on stage rather than off.
Kane described Phaedra's Love as "My comedy".
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