Litterature Series

The first of Racine''s seven greatest plays, Andromache, written in 1667, is based on themes adapted from Greek and Roman literature. Richard Wilbur, acclaimed poet and translator, presents an English version of the play '

Athalie, Tragédie En 5 Actes Et En Vers, Tirée de l'Écriture Sainte

by Jean Racine

Published 1 June 2016

Oeuvres Completes de J. Racine. Tome 5. Vie de Racine. 3e Partie, Jugements Sur Racine

by Jean Racine

Published 1 April 2013

Oeuvres Complètes de J. Racine. Tome 4 Oeuvres Diverses

by Jean Racine

Published 28 February 2018

Oeuvres de Jean Racine: Édition Stéréotype. Tome 3

by Jean Racine

Published 9 February 2012

Repertoire General Du Theatre Francais. Tome 2. Britannicus, Berenice, Bajazet, Mithridate

by Jean Racine

Published 1 April 2013

Oeuvres de Racine. Bajazet, Mithridate, Iphigénie

by Jean Racine

Published 1 June 2013

Oeuvres Completes de J. Racine. Tome 3 Oeuvres Diverses Et En Proses

by Jean Racine

Published 1 April 2013

Britannicus

by Jean Racine

Published June 1967

Jean Racine (1639-99) remains to this day the greatest of French poetic dramatists. Britannicus (1669), the first play in this volume, takes its themes from Roman history: the setting is the bloody and treacherous court of the Emperor Nero. Phaedra (1677) dramatizes the Greek myth of Phaedra's doomed love for her stepson Hippolytus. Athaliah (1691), Racine's last and perhaps finest play, draws on the Old Testament story of Athaliah, Queen of Judah and worshipper of Baal, who is threatened and finally forced to concede victory to Joash, a son of the house of David and survivor of Athaliah's massacres. Racine's tragedies portray characters wrestling with ambition, treachery, religion, and love. In this translation, specially commissioned for The World's Classics series, C.H. Sisson has captured the lucidity of Racine's language, both analytic and passionate, and the rhythm of his four-part Alexandrine.