A showy, theatrical 'Phedre' arrives from England

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Intemperate exclamations are the very stuff of celebrity these days. From a South Carolina congressman to a rap star to a tennis champion, emotional remarks made in the heat of passion " or otherwise " are earning media attention with increasing frequency. One wonders what bloggers or YouTube or Twitter would have made of the utterances that set the plot boiling in "Phedre," Racine's classic 17th-century take on a

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