Bajazet

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Bajazet is a 1672 French tragic play by Jean Racine set in the Ottoman court, known for its intense psychological drama and classical verse.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Bajazet canonical 1
Bajazet (Ottoman prince) 1
Bajazeth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French classical tragedy ⓘ
theatrical play ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Jean Racine ⓘ
basedOn historical events in the Ottoman court ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dateOfFirstPerformance 1672 ⓘ
dramaticFocus court politics ⓘ
psychological conflict ⓘ
dramaticUnitiesObserved unity of action ⓘ
unity of place ⓘ
unity of time ⓘ
firstPerformedAt Hôtel de Bourgogne ⓘ
firstPublisher Claude Barbin ⓘ
followsInAuthor’sOeuvre Britannicus ⓘ
linked to: Britannicus (play)
form verse drama ⓘ
genre French classical theatre ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation opera adaptations ⓘ
stage revivals in Comédie-Française repertoire ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfSetting 17th century ⓘ
languageStyle classical French verse ⓘ
literaryMovement French classicism ⓘ
mainCharacter Acomat ⓘ
Atalide ⓘ
Bajazet (Ottoman prince) ⓘ
linked to: Bajazet

Roxane ⓘ
meter French alexandrine ⓘ
notableFor depiction of Ottoman court politics ⓘ
intense psychological drama ⓘ
strict classical unities ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
partOf Jean Racine’s theatrical oeuvre ⓘ
placeOfFirstPublication Paris ⓘ
precedesInAuthor’sOeuvre Mithridate ⓘ
setIn Ottoman Empire ⓘ
Topkapi Palace ⓘ
structure five-act play ⓘ
theme betrayal ⓘ
jealousy ⓘ
love ⓘ
political intrigue ⓘ
power ⓘ
tyranny ⓘ
timeOfAction during the reign of Sultan Murad IV ⓘ
verseForm alexandrine ⓘ
yearOfWork 1672 ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jean Racine → notableWork → Bajazet ⓘ
Tamburlaine → character → Bajazeth ⓘ
linked to: Bajazet
Bajazet → mainCharacter → Bajazet (Ottoman prince) ⓘ
linked to: Bajazet