by Jean Racine · LGF/Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253038733
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«Andromaque» is the tragedy by Jean Racine, published by LGF/Le Livre de Poche in paperback (192 pages, in French).
After the fall of Troy, Andromache, widow of Hector, is captive of Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, who demands marriage in exchange for the life of her son Astyanax. Orestes, a Greek ambassador in love with Hermione, whom Pyrrhus was to wed, arrives at the court. Love, duty and revenge intertwine until a tragic outcome.
Premiered in 1667, it belongs to the Le Théâtre de poche collection and number 6180 of Le Livre de Poche. The edition includes a preface by Anne Delbée and commentary and notes by Patrick Dandrey.
Aimed at students and the general public with an interest in seventeenth-century classical theater.
Jean-Baptiste Racine was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille, as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther, for the young.
