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Phèdre
1677 tragedy by Racine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Phaedra (disambiguation).
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.