Jean Racine

Faidra, även Fedra, är ett drama i 5 akter av den franske tragedidramatikern Jean Racine. Pjäsen spelades första gången i Frankrike den 1 januari 1677.

Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts by the French playwright Jean Racine written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérèse, by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse …

Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus. It was premiered on 21 November 1670 by the Comédiens du Roi at the Hôtel de …

Skådespelet Britannicus fullbordades den 16 december 1669 och är Jean Racines näst största tragedi. Författaren hämtar här för första gången sitt tema från den romerska rikets historia. Kejsaren Claudius hade fått en son, Britannicus, innan han gifte sig med Agrippina d.y. och adopterade Nero, den son som Agrippina …

Iphigénie is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by the French playwright Jean Racine. It was first performed in the Orangerie in Versailles on August 18, 1674 as part of the fifth of the royal Divertissements de Versailles of Louis XIV to celebrate the conquest of Franche-Comté. Later in …