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Andromaque

Jean Racine Original title Andromaque (French, 1668)

Andromaque is a tragedy in five acts by the French playwright Jean Racine written in alexandrine verse. It was first performed on 17 November 1667 before the court of Louis XIV in the Louvre in the private chambers of the Queen, Marie Thérèse, by the royal company of actors, called "les Grands Comédiens", with Thérèse Du Parc in the title role. The company gave the first public performance two days later in the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.Andromaque, the third of Racine's plays, written at the age of 27, established its author's reputation as one of the great playwrights in France.


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“I loved him too much not to hate him at all!”

Je l'ai trop aimé pour ne le point haïr!
Source: Hermione, Andromaque (1667), act II, scene I.

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