Iphigénie
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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 December it was triumphantly revived at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, home of the royal troupe of actors in Paris.
Key facts
- Play.name
- Iphigénie
- Play.image
- Iphigenie.jpeg
- Play.caption
- Iphigénie: final scene
- Play.writer
- Jean Racine
- Play.characters
- Agamemnon Achille Ulysse Clytemnestre Iphigénie Ériphile
- Play.setting
- The royal tent at Aulis
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Wikidata facts
- Author
- Jean Racine
- Genre
- tragedy
- Country of origin
- France
- Movement
- Classicism
- Image
- Iphigenie.jpeg
- Length
- 1792
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- publication date
- 1674-00-00
- place of publication
- Paris
- Commons category
- Iphigénie (Racine)
- date of first performance
- 1674-08-18
- used metre
- alexandrine
- native label
- Iphigénie
- work available at URL
- www.lib.ru/INOOLD/RASIN/rasin1_04.txt
- language of work or name
- French
- location of first performance
- Versailles
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- Iphigénie
- form of creative work
- play
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Characters
- Synopsis
- Historical context
- Influence
- References
- External links
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 December it was triumphantly revived at the Hôtel de Bourgogne, home of the royal troupe of actors in Paris.
With Iphigénie, Racine returned once again to a mythological subject, following a series of historical plays (Britannicus, Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate). On the shores at Aulis, the Greeks prepare their departure for an attack on Troy. The gods quell the winds for their journey and demand the sacrifice of Iphigénie, daughter of Agamemnon, King of the Greeks.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iphigénie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.