Jean Racine

Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the "big three" of 17th century France (along with Molière and Corneille). Racine was primarily a tragedian, though he did write one comedy.

Works

• Ode sur la convalescene du roi, 1663
• La renommée aux muses, 1663
• La thebaïde, ou les frères ennemis, 1664 - The Thebans, or The Enemy Brothers
• Alexandre le grand, 1665 - Alexander the Great
• Andromaque, 1667 - Andromache
• Les plaideurs, 1668 - The Litigants
• Britannicus, 1669
• Bérénice, 1670 - Berenice (daughter of Agrippa I)
• Bajazet, 1672
• Mithridate, 1673 - Mithridates
• Iphigénie, 1674 - Iphigenia
• Phèdre, 1677 - Phaedra
• ?uvres, 1679
• Esther, 1689
• Athalie, 1691 - Athaliah