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Phèdre
Phèdre is a French neoclassical tragedy by Jean Racine, first performed in 1677 and based on stories from Greek mythology and earlier drama. It follows Phaedra, queen of Athens, whose forbidden passion for her stepson Hippolytus leads to deception, accusation, and the destruction of her household. W...
apps Top Phèdre Alternatives
The top alternative to Phèdre in 2026 is Antigone with a score of 9.2/10, followed by The Misanthrope (9.1) and A View from the Bridge (8.8).
Antigone
Antigone is an ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles, first performed in Athens around 441 BCE. After a civil war in Thebes...
The Misanthrope
The Misanthrope is a five-act verse comedy by Molière, first performed in Paris in 1666. Its central character, Alceste,...
A View from the Bridge
A View from the Bridge is a drama by Arthur Miller, first staged in 1955 and subsequently revised into a two-act version...
Blood Wedding
Blood Wedding is a tragedy by Spanish poet and dramatist Federico Garcia Lorca, written in 1932 and first staged in 1933...
Oedipus at Colonus
Oedipus at Colonus is an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles and the final surviving play he composed, written near the end of...
The Marriage of Figaro
The Marriage of Figaro is a five-act comedy by the French playwright Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, first perfor...
Yerma
Yerma is a tragedy by Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca, first performed in 1934 and set in a restrictive rural c...
Andromaque
Andromaque is a five-act tragedy in verse by the French playwright Jean Racine, first performed in 1667. Set after the T...
The Plough and the Stars
The Plough and the Stars is a 1926 play by Irish dramatist Sean O'Casey, set in Dublin before and during the Easter Risi...
The Miser
The Miser is a five-act prose comedy by French playwright Molière, first performed in 1668. Its central character, Harpa...
Ubu Roi
Ubu Roi is an 1896 French play by Alfred Jarry centered on Père Ubu, a grotesque and cowardly figure who murders the kin...
The Chairs
The Chairs is a 1952 absurdist play by Eugène Ionesco in which an elderly couple prepares to receive a growing crowd of...
The School for Wives
The School for Wives is a five-act verse comedy by Molière, first performed in Paris in 1662. Arnolphe has arranged for...
Desire Under the Elms
Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 tragedy by American playwright Eugene O'Neill, set on an isolated New England farm owned...
The Balcony
The Balcony is a play by French dramatist Jean Genet, first published in 1956. It is set largely inside a brothel where...
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme is a comedy-ballet by Molière, first performed in 1670 with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully. It fo...
Art
Art is a 1994 play by French dramatist Yasmina Reza, widely performed in an English translation by Christopher Hampton....
The Maids
The Maids is a 1947 play by French writer Jean Genet centered on two sisters, Claire and Solange, who work as domestic s...
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville is a French comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, first performed in 1775. It introduce...
Hernani
Hernani is a five-act verse drama by Victor Hugo, first performed in Paris in 1830 and regarded as a major work of Frenc...
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