Athalie

Japanese: アタリー（英語表記）Athalie

The last play by French playwright Racine, a five-act verse tragedy with chorus. Written in 1691. Like his previous work, Esther (1689), this is a religious tragedy written for the Saint-Cyr women's college at the request of Madame de Maintenon, the favorite mistress of Louis XIV. Only a simple rehearsal took place at the royal court in 1691, and the play was first performed at the Comédie-Française in 1716. Based on the Old Testament books, Kings and Chronicles, the play tells the story of a coup d'état in which Joad (Jehoiada), the high priest of Jehovah (Yahweh), overthrows Queen Athali (Athaliah), who reigned over the Kingdom of Judah and worshipped Baal, and crowns Prince Joas (Joash).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

フランスの劇作家ラシーヌの最後の劇作，韻文五幕，合唱入り悲劇。1691年作。前作《エステル》(1689)同様，ルイ14世の寵妃マントノン夫人の依頼でサン･シール女子学寮のために書かれた宗教悲劇。91年には宮廷で質素な総稽古が行われただけであり，コメディ･フランセーズ初演は1716年。旧約聖書《列王紀》と《歴代志》を典拠に，ユダ王国に君臨しバアルを信仰する女王アタリー(アタリヤ)を，エホバ(ヤハウェ)の大神官ジョアード(エホヤダ)が倒し，王子ジョアス(ヨアシ)を戴冠させるクーデタを扱う。

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