Andromache

LibriVox recording of Andromache by Jean Racine. (Translated by Robert Bruce Boswell.) Read in English by Matthew Reece; ToddHW; Alan Mapstone; Sonia; David Purdy; Richard Jaspering; Shreya Sethi; Jessica Hendra; Hanna Ponomarenko In this tragedy [about part of the aftermath of the Trojan War], which made its appearance in 1667, there is a more intricate plot than is usual in Racine's plays, and it offers a greater variety of character and motive. Love, jealousy, friendship, conjugal fidelity, maternal tenderness, anger, and despair are all portrayed with skillful touches; and if the language