Athalie
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Athalie (, sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to Oedipus Rex in beauty, with "the true God added." August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle.
Key facts
- Play.name
- Athalie
- Play.image
- Fotoreproductie schilderij Rachel in de rol van Athalie in Athalie, acte II, scene VII, RP-F-F25550-H.jpg
- Play.caption
- Actress playing the role of Athalie, 1850s.
- Play.writer
- Jean Racine
- Play.chorus
- Daughters of the tribe of Levi
- Play.characters
- AthalieJoadJosabetSalomith AbnerAzartah, Ishmael, priests and LevitesMathanNabalAgarNurse of Joad
- Play.setting
- Jerusalem Temple, a vestibule of the High Priest's apartment, c. 835 BC
- Play.premiere
- 1691
- Play.orig_lang
- French
- Play.genre
- tragedy
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Wikidata facts
- Length
- 1816
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- publication date
- 1691-00-00
- title
- Athalie
- inception
- 1690-00-00
- work available at URL
- www.projekt-gutenberg.org/racine/athalia/athalia.html
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Athalie (, sometimes translated Athalia) is a 1691 play, the final tragedy of Jean Racine, and has been described as the masterpiece of "one of the greatest literary artists known" and the "ripest work" of Racine's genius. Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve deemed it comparable to Oedipus Rex in beauty, with "the true God added." August Wilhelm Schlegel thought Athalie to be "animated by divine breath"; other critics have regarded the poetics of drama in the play to be superior to those of Aristotle.
== History == After the success of Esther, Racine published Athalie in 1691, another play drawn from the Bible, which he expected would have the same success.