Jean Racine was born in 1639 at La Ferte Milon, sixty miles east of
Paris. In 1677, when he had ten plays to his credit and was high in
favor with both the court and the public, he abandoned the theatre,
which was regarded as far from respectable by the Church, and
joined the Establishment as Royal Historiographer. It was only
after a silence of twelve years that he wrote his last two plays
(both on religious subjects), Esther and Athaliah. He died in
1699.
John Cairncross also translated The Cid; Cinna ; The Theatrical
Illusion (0140443126) for Penguin Classics.
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