Brittanicus
A new version by Robert David MacDonald
Jean Racine author Robert David MacDonald editor Nicholas Dromgoole editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published:1st Nov '98
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
This new version will open at The Albery Theatre (an Almeida Theatre production) will open October 1998, with Diana Rigg and Toby Stephens.
Scottish playwright Robert David MacDonald translates French playwright Jeanb's Racine's classic Brittannicus, which was first performed in Paris in 1669. This translation was perfromed to great acclaim in London, before transferring to Broadway.An Almeida Theatre production that opened at the Albery Theatre with Diana Rigg and Toby Stephens, and then played for a season on Broadway. This political thriller, set in Rome at the beginning of Emperor Nero's tyranny, lays bare the relationships at the heart of power as a world slips into moral chaos.
'The tragedies of Racine (1639 - 99) are not only equal to those of Sophocles and Shakespeare, they are also among the peaks of classical art' Financial Times
ISBN: 9781840020830
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
88 pages