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by Jean Racine · Coédition Belin/Gallimard · tapa blanda · 192 pages
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Britannicus es una tragedia en cinco actos escrita por Jean Racine, estrenada en 1669. La obra se centra en las intrigas políticas y amorosas en la corte romana durante el reinado del emperador Nerón. Britannicus, el heredero legítimo al trono, es desplazado por Nerón, quien está dispuesto a todo para mantener el poder, incluyendo el secuestro de Junie, la prometida de Britannicus. La obra explora temas como la rivalidad política, la tiranía, la manipulación y los efectos destructivos de la pasión y el poder.

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.