Over the past two millennia, Phaedra has inspired drama, poetry, painting, sculpture, film, opera, and dance. Since the production of Euripides’s tragedy Hippolytus in 428 B.C., Phaedra’s story continues to appear in innumerable guises.
“Myth in Transformation: The Phaedra Project” brings together artists, scholars, and students from Princeton and beyond to engage creatively with Phaedra’s many instantiations. During the 2013/14 academic year, the myth will be featured in an interdisciplinary series of events that include theatrical productions, talks by invited speakers, musical performances, film screenings, recitations, courses, and a symposium of artists and scholars. “Myth in Transformation” engages with the diversity of creative and scholarly responses to the myth.
A screening of Jules Dassin’s film Phaedra (1962) on September 24 and of the Wooster Group’s performance of To You, the Birdie! will kick off the year-long exploration of Phaedra’s many forms. Join us!
