Jean Racine

Fedra je najbolj znana tragedija francoskega klasicističnega književnika Racina. Pisatelj je snov za svojo najbolj znano tragedijo prevzel po Evripidovi tragediji Hipolitos, vendar jo je oblikoval z drugačnimi, tipično klasicističnimi poudarki. V središče dogajanja je postavil lik kraljice Fedre, zaljubljene v …

Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts by the French playwright Jean Racine written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérèse, by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse …

Berenice is a five-act tragedy by the French 17th-century playwright Jean Racine. Berenice was not played often between the 17th and the 20th centuries. Today it is one of Racine's more popular plays, after Phèdre, Andromaque and Britannicus. It was premiered on 21 November 1670 by the Comédiens du Roi at the Hôtel de …

Britanci so avtohtoni prebivalci Velike Britanije in njihovi potomci, v današnjem času pa se izraz nanaša na državljane Združenega kraljestva. Po mnenju nekaterih sociologov tvorijo enoten narod, drugi pa jih delijo na Angleže, Škote in Valižane.

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 …