Jean Racine
Appearance
Jean Racine (22 December 1639 – 21 April 1699) was a French playwright. He was one of the most famous of the 17th century in France (with Molière and Corneille). Racine was mostly a tragedian, even though he did write one comedy.
Works
[change | change source]- La Thébaïde (1664)
- Alexandre le Grand (1665)
- Andromaque (1667)
- Les Plaideurs (1668)
- Britannicus (1669)
- Bérénice (1670)
- Bajazet (1672)
- Mithridate (1673)
- Iphigénie (1674)
- Phèdre (1677)
- Esther (drama) (1689)
- Athalie (1691)