<sod>'''''Alexandre le Grand''''' is a tragedy in 5 acts (of 3, 5, 7, 5 and 3 scenes, respectively) and verse by [[Jean Racine]]. It was first produced on December 4, 1665 at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Palais Royal Theater]] in Paris.<ref>Date of the premiere and the venue are listed by Joseph E. Garreau, "Jean Racine" in Hochman 1984, vol. 4, p. 194.</ref> The subject of the play is the love of [[Alexander the Great]] and the Indian princess Cleofile complicated by intrigues between her brother Taxilus and his ally Porus. The play is largely based on a surviving work by the Roman historian [[Quintus Curtius Rufus]].<eod>
<sod>'''''Alexandre le Grand''''' is a tragedy in 5 acts (of 3, 5, 7, 5 and 3 scenes, respectively) and verse by [[Jean Racine]]. It was first produced on 4 December 1665 at the [[Théâtre du Palais-Royal (rue Saint-Honoré)|Palais Royal Theater]] in Paris.<ref>Date of the premiere and the venue are listed by Joseph E. Garreau, "Jean Racine" in Hochman 1984, vol. 4, p. 194.</ref> The subject of the play is the love of [[Alexander the Great]] and the Indian princess Cleofile complicated by intrigues between her brother Taxilus and his ally Porus. The play is largely based on a surviving work by the Roman historian [[Quintus Curtius Rufus]].<eod>