Phèdre

Phèdre
Title page from the first edition of Phèdre et Hippolyte
Written byJean Racine
CharactersPhèdre
Œnone
Hippolyte
Théramène
Thésée
Aricie
SettingThe royal palace at Trézène

Phèdre (French: [fɛdʁ]; originally Phèdre et Hippolyte) is a French dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 at the theatre of the Hôtel de Bourgogne in Paris.