Alexandre le Grand is a tragedy in 5 acts (of 3, 5, 7, 5 and 3 scenes, respectively) and verse byJean Racine. It was first produced on 4 December 1665 at thePalais Royal Theater in Paris.^[1] The subject of the play is the love ofAlexander 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 historianQuintus Curtius Rufus.

Shortly after the play's opening at the Théâtre Palais Royal, Racine moved it to the more prestigious company at theHôtel de Bourgogne, where it opened on 18 December, creating a rift withMolière.

• Hochman, Stanley, editor (1984).McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama (second edition, 5 volumes). New York: McGraw-Hill.ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5.

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