Jean Racine

Jean Racine, in an engraving by Pierre Savart.

Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 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

• 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)