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    Racine's plays, written at the age of 27, established its author's reputation as one of the great playwrights in France. Euripides' play Andromache and...
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    In Greek mythology, Andromache (/ænˈdrɒməkiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη, Andromákhē [andromákʰɛ:]) was the wife of Hector, daughter of Eetion, and sister...
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    extinction of his dynasty. In another respect also, Racine departs from the lines laid down by the Andromache, for whereas in the earlier play the heroine fears...
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  • victims of Minotaur Andromache (play), by Euripides Andromaque, a play by Jean Racine 175 Andromache, an asteroid HMS Andromache, the name of four ships...
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  • Andromache is an opera in two acts with words and music by Herbert Windt. The opera is based on the play Andromache by Euripides, as well as Racine's...
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    ) With Andromache, Helenus and Phoenix, Neoptolemus then sailed to the Epirot Islands and became the king of Epirus. By the enslaved Andromache, daughter...
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    was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and his wife, Princess Andromache of Cilician Thebe. His birth name was Scamandrius (in Greek: Σκαμάνδριος...
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    Phaedra in Racine; Chimene in "Cid" by Corneille; Joanna in "virgin d'Orléans" by Friedrich Schiller; Hermione in the tragedy "Andromache" Racine; Barbara...
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    Neoptolemos, your present husband, if he, in return captured the city. — Andromache 969, translation by George Theodoridis Ovid, on the contrary, says that...
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    the theatre where she interpreted known classical roles such as Andromache, in Racine's Greek tragedy, Eglé, Marivaux's character in the Quarrel. In 2017...
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  • alexandrines. Its crossed rhyme scheme alternates male and female endings. Andromache, married to Hector —a hero killed by Achilles during the Trojan War— after...
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    (2009/1656) Molière: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations (2021) Andromache (1982/1667) Phaedra (1986/1677) The Suitors (2001/1668) The Theatre of...
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    her most acclaimed roles were in productions of plays by Molière, Jean Racine, Pierre de Beaumarchais, and Voltaire. This included parts such as Iphigénie...
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    dramatic genre. The evocation of the sack of Troy by Andromache in the play of the same name, by Racine, is an example of a monologue presenting a hypotyposis...
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    Other Observations) (1999). Translations Fedra, by Racine Andromache, by Racine Berenice, by Racine Le Cid, by Corneille The Divine Comedy, by Dante Cyrano...
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    mythology. Jean Racine in France and Goethe in Germany revived Greek drama. Racine reworked the ancient myths – including those of Phaedra, Andromache, Oedipus...
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  • 1997) Iphigenia; Phaedra; Athaliah (Racine, Penguin Classics, 1963) Andromache; Britannicus; Berenice (Racine, Penguin Classics, 1967) The Cid, Cinna...
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    Amsterdam: Albert Magnus, 1677 1678, translation by Meyer of Jean Racine (in Dutch): Andromaché. Treurspel., Amsterdam: Izaak Duim, bezuiden het Stadhuis, 1678(...
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  • Newcastle – The Triumphant Widow Pierre Corneille – Suréna John Crowne – Andromache Sir William Davenant – Macbeth, a "dramatic opera" adapted from Shakespeare's...
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    Villages (collection of short stories) - 1985 Northlight - 1988 Andromache (translation of Racine's play of the same name) - 1990 Dante's Drum-Kit - 1993 Boyfriends...
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  • he directed for the BBC in 2013. Kemp's translation of Jean Racine's tragedy Andromache, which preserves the French form (rhyming couplets of 12-syllable...
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    Andromache, the play of the same name and the mothers in Judgement as examples of the latter: Certainly, he knew a mother's heart as well as Racine did...
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    Hippolytus Alcestis Heracleidae The Suppliants The Trojan Women Ion Helen Andromache Electra Bacchantes Hecuba Heracles Mad The Phoenician Women Orestes Iphigenia...
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    Andromaque (opera) (category Operas based on works by Jean Racine)
    André Ernest Modeste Grétry. The French libretto is an adaptation of Jean Racine's play Andromaque by Louis-Guillaume Pitra (1735-1818). It was first performed...
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    translate a number of French tragedies for the Russian stage. He also wrote Andromache (1809–19), the last "regular" Russian tragedy. The actor and playwright...
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    (2008) by Euripides — Andromache Fuente Ovejuna (2008) by Lope de Vega — Isabella, Queen of Spain Phèdre (2009) by Jean Racine — Phèdre The Winter's Tale...
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    Ermione (category Operas based on works by Jean Racine)
    libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola, based on the play Andromaque by Jean Racine. 19th century Ermione was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples...
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    change that leads to her execution. In Hector, the first two acts have Andromache, Priam and Hecuba trying to convince Hector to avoid fighting; act three...
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  • Verochka Salisbury Playhouse Billy Liar Rita Salisbury Playhouse 1995 Racine's Andromache, adapted by Craig Raine Annette LeSkye Almeida Theatre 1997 Jane...
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    title role in Phèdre by Racine, in September that of Hermione in Andromache by Racine, and in October the role of Andromache she – even in this latest...
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