In another play by this author, Roxane attempts to marry the title character in order to dethrone Amurat.
In addition to his early Cantiques spirituelles, this author created a character who decides to go to bed in his judge's robes one evening, and later he is put to sleep by the impassioned arguments another character makes defending Citron, a dog that had eaten a chicken. That character, Dandin, tries to climb out a window to go to court in this author's only comedy, which closes with the marriage of Leandre and Isabelle. In another play by this author, Roxane attempts to marry the title character in order to dethrone Amurat. This author of some biblically inspired works about Esther and Athalia wrote the plays The Litigants and Bajazet. He also wrote about a character who is urged to murder another by Hermione, who then betrays him, explaining that she'd been distraught that Pyrrhus had wanted to marry the title character. Another of his plays is about a character whose love for Aricie leads him to declare that he will leave Troezen, only for his stepmother to fall in love with him. For 10 points, identify this author of Andromache and a play based on Euripedes's Hippolytus, Phedre.
In addition to his early Cantiques spirituelles, this author created a character who decides to go to bed in his judge's robes one evening, and later he is put to sleep by the impassioned arguments another character makes defending Citron, a dog that had eaten a chicken.
Jean Racine