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Bajazet
play by Racine
Bajazet, tragedy in five acts by Jean Racine, performed in 1672 and published the same year. The play, considered one of Racineās noble tragedies, was based on an actual incident that occurred in the Ottoman Empire in the 1630s.
The drama opens with the grand vizier Acomat worried about his position at the court and planning to use Bajazet in a plot to supplant Bajazetās brother Sultan Amurath (based on Murad IV). The plot also involves Amurathās favourite mistress, Roxane, and (inadvertently) Bajazetās love, Atalide. In the end Bajazet and Roxane are killed by order of Amurath. Atalide kills herself when she learns of Bajazetās death, and Acomat flees.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kathleen Kuiper.
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