Jean Racine

Cette compilation comprend une série de poèmes lus, en langue française, pour LibriVox.

In the court of Louis XIV, adaptations of Greek tragedies were very popular. This play, heavily influenced by Euripides' Hippolytus, deals w…

Racine caused furour in the French theater community with his second play, Alexander the Great, when "The sensitive poet seems to have …

Britannicus is son and heir of the Roman emperor Claudius. However, this does not please Nero, who wants both throne and Britannicus's fianc…

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 reign of Louis XIV. in France, like the age of Pericles at ancient Athens, was remarkable for literary excellence no less than for…

Another tragedy by Racine, based on the historical character and career of Mithridates circa 63 BCE. Closing with sorrow and lamentation and…

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…

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…

This is a collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English). Al…

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 "…

This play, with which Racine's dramatic career fittingly concluded, was composed for semi-private performance by the young ladies of the Col…

"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…