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Lifetime: 1864 - 1915 Passed: ≈ 109 years ago

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Stephen Phillips

Books by Stephen Phillips

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Paolo and Francesca

Poetry Drama Tragedy
Love Death Tragedy Revenge Passion Betrayal Italy Adultery Dante Divine Comedy Rimini Malatesta Francesca Paolo Giovanni

Stephen Phillips' "Paolo and Francesca" is a dramatic verse play based on the tragic love story of Paolo and Francesca from Dante's *Inferno*. The play unfolds in Rimini, where Francesca, married to the tyrannical Giovanni Malatesta, falls passionate...

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Poems

Poetry Mythology Drama
Drama Love Religion Death Tragedy Mythology Fate Poetry Classical Christ Hades Marpessa

This collection of poems by Stephen Phillips, an Oxford-born poet and playwright, features his two prominent works, "Marpessa" and "Christ in Hades." "Marpessa" delves into the Greek myth of Marpessa, a maiden forced to choose between the god Apollo...