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Phèdre — Racine’s tragedy, first performed on 1 January 1677 as Phèdre et Hippolyte
A tragedy in five acts and in verse, the last Racine drew from pagan fable. Created under the title Phèdre et Hippolyte, it was at first hampered by a cabal which two days later set a rival play on the same subject against it; its author then fell silent for twelve years. (Editorial synthesis)
Phèdre was published in 1677. (source: Encyclopædia Britannica)
Recorded author of Phèdre: Racine.
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