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Jean Baptiste Racine Quotes
According as the man is, so must you humour him.
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| Birth: | 1639 |
| Death: | 21st April, 1699 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Playwright |
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Jean Baptiste Racine was born in La Ferté-Milon, France. He was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, and an important literary figure in the Western tradition. He was expected to study law at the Collège d'Harcourt in Paris, but instead found himself drawn to a more artistic lifestyle. He wrote several plays include: La Thébaïde, Alexandre le Grand, Andromaque, Les Plaideurs, Britannicus, Bérénice, Bajazet, Mithridate, Iphigénie, Phèdre, Esther, and Athalie.
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