Les Plaideurs, or
The Litigants, written in 1668 and published in 1669, is a comedy in three acts with respectively 8, 14, and 4 scenes in
Alexandrine verse by
Jean Racine. It is the only comedy he wrote. It was inspired by
The Wasps by
Aristophanes, but Racine removed all political significance. His play, which he wrote after
Andromaque and before
Britannicus, was a
farce that was unexpected in his work amongst the tragedies.