Jean Racine

Jean Racine was born on Dec 22, 1639 in France. Jean Racine's big-screen debut came with Phedre directed by Pierre Jourdan in 1968. Jean Racine is known for Phèdre directed by Nicholas Hytner, Portia Booroff stars as Ensemble and Chipo Chung as Ismene. The upcoming new movie Jean Racine plays is Bérénice which will be released on Dec 10, 2016.

Jean-Baptiste Racine (22 December 1639 - 21 April 1699) was a French dramatist, one of the three great playwrights of 17th-century France, along with Molière and Corneille as well as an important literary figure in the Western tradition and world literature. Racine was primarily a tragedian, producing such "examples of neoclassical perfection" as Phèdre, Andromaque, and Athalie. He did write one comedy, Les Plaideurs, and a muted tragedy, Esther for the young.