Farce and the classical age, to 1715

3 books

PhaedraJean Racine · 1677Jean Racine's 1677 French classical tragedy, translated into English verse, retells the Greek myth of Phaedra, whose forbidden passion for her stepson Hippolytus is revealed as her husband Theseus is feared lost.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

PolyeuctePierre Corneille · 1642Polyeucte is a French classical tragedy by Pierre Corneille, translated into English verse by Thomas Constable. Set in Roman-era Armenia, it follows Polyeucte, an Armenian noble torn between his love for his wife Pauline and his conversion to Christianity.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية

Tartuffe; Or, The HypocriteMolière · 1664A verse comedy by French playwright Molière, first staged in 1664 and translated here by Curtis Hidden Page. It satirizes religious hypocrisy through Tartuffe, a pious fraud who takes over the household of the gullible Orgon.EN ES 中文 हिन्दी العربية