Andromaque

His death, which occurred in 1668, is said to have been caused by over-exertion as Orestes in Racine's Andromaque.

It can even go as far as weeping the traditional six tears, as Madame de Sevigne did for Andromaque.

I thought of the preceding night, of the Orestes of Andromaque who agreed to sacrifice Pyrrhus.

This, of course, was little Rachel, who was about to play the part of Hermione in Andromaque.

Her reception as Hermione, in Andromaque, in March 1774, was the first sign of the coming storm.