Phaedra is one of the large, complicated female figures in Greek mythology, like Clytemnestra or Penthesilea. This queen embodies desire, as well as the fury of insult. Phaedra falls in love with her stepson Hippolytus, is rejected by him and then takes his own life. But first she accuses Hippolytos of stalking her – which also kills him.
On the back burner: “Phädra, in Flames” is on at the Burgtheater in Vienna, but the spark doesn’t want to spread. – Culture
