| Andromaque | |
|---|---|
 Title page from 1668 edition of Andromaque | |
| Written by | Jean Racine |
| Characters | Andromaque Pyrrhus Oreste Hermione Pylade Cléone Céphise Phoenix |
| Setting | The Royal Palace at Bouthroton in Epirus |
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.[1][2] 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.
- ^ Pocket Classiques (1998), page 167.
- ^ According to Joseph E. Garreau ("Racine, Jean" in Hochman 1984, vol. 4, p. 194), the first public performance at the Bourgogne was on 7 November 1667, while George Saintsbury ("Racine, Jean" in The Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, vol. 22, p. 776) gives 10 November.