Jean Racine
Compilation de poèmes - 001
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Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox.
Phaedra
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In the court of Louis XIV, adaptations of Greek tragedies were very popular. This play, heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, deals w…
Alexander the Great
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Racine caused furour in the French theater community with his second play, Alexander the Great, when "The sensitive poet seems to have …
Britannicus
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Britannicus is son and heir of the Roman emperor Claudius. However, this does not please Nero, who wants both throne and Britannicus's fianc…
Andromache
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In this tragedy [about part of the aftermath of the Trojan War], which made its appearance in 1667, there is a more intricate plot than is u…
The Thebaid, or The Brothers at War
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"The reign of Louis XIV. in France, like the age of Pericles at ancient Athens, was remarkable for literary excellence no less than for…
The Litigants
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This play, which is neither a comedy or a farce but has elements in common with each, was first performed in 1668 at Paris, and afterwards a…
Mithridates
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Another tragedy by Racine, based on the historical character and career of Mithridates circa 63 BCE. Closing with sorrow and lamentation and…
Berenice
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Titus, emperor of Rome, wants to marry Berenice, queen of Palestine, but decides that Rome will not be able to handle having him marry a for…
Iphigenia
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Racine's version of the time-honored story of Iphigenia was acted for the first time in 1674. The model upon which it is shaped is the "…
Multilingual Short Works Collection 018 - Poetry & Prose
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This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…
Athaliah
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This play, with which Racine's dramatic career fittingly concluded, was composed for semi-private performance by the young ladies of the Col…
Bajazet
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"The time to which this tragedy relates is much later than that of any other of Racine's historical plays. The capture of Babylon (or r…