Educated at the Jansenist school of Port-Royal, his first two tragedies, "La Thebaide" and "Alexandre le grande", were produced by Moliere.
Educated at the Jansenist school of Port-Royal, his first two tragedies, "La Thebaide" and "Alexandre le grande", were produced by Moliere. In 1677, he was appointed historiographer to Louis XIV, and thereafter only wrote two plays, "Esther" and "Athalie", both for the girls school of Saint-Cyr. FTP, name this French dramatist of "Bajazet", "Berenice", "Iphigenie en Aulide", and "Phedre".
Educated at the Jansenist school of Port-Royal, his first two tragedies, "La Thebaide" and "Alexandre le grande", were produced by Moliere.
Jean {Racine}