Phèdre
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Phèdre (; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
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- Play.name
- Phèdre
- Play.image
- Racine - Phèdre Act5 sc6 1677 - césar.jpg
- Play.caption
- Title page from the first edition of
- Play.writer
- Jean Racine
- Play.characters
- PhèdreŒnoneHippolyteThéramèneThéséeAricie
- Play.setting
- The royal palace at Trézène
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Phedre hippolyte 1678 title page.JPG
- Length
- 1654
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- Commons category
- Phèdre (Racine)
- publication date
- 1677-00-00
- date of first performance
- 1677-01-01
- work available at URL
- www.lib.ru/INOOLD/RASIN/rasin1_05.txt
- inception
- 1677-00-00
- title
- Phèdre
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13 sectionsContents
- Composition and premiere
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- Synopsis
- Phèdre's ancestry and its curse
- Reception
- Adaptations
- Stage
- Novels
- Translations
- Musical settings
- Selected editions
- Notes
- External links
Phèdre (; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.
==Composition and premiere== With Phèdre, Racine chose once more a subject from Greek mythology, already treated by Greek and Roman tragic poets, notably by Euripides in Hippolytus and Seneca in Phaedra.
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1677 playsCultural depictions of TheseusFiction about false allegations of sex crimesFrench tragedy playsPhaedra (mythology)Plays based on ancient Greek and Roman playsPlays based on classical mythologyPlays based on works by EuripidesPlays by Jean RacinePlays set in ancient GreeceWorks based on Hippolytus (play)