Title:
The Figaro trilogy / Beaumarchais ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Coward.
Author:
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Coward, David.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Barbier de Séville. English.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mariage de Figaro. English.
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799. Mère coupable. English.
Publication Information:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Call Number:
PQ1956 .A234 2008
Abstract:
Who was Figaro? Not the impertinent valet of the operas of Mozart or Rossini, but both the spirit of resistance to oppression and a bourgeois individualist like his creator. The three plays in which he plots and schemes chronicle the slide of the ancien régime into revolution, but also chart the growth of Beaumarchais' humanitarianism. They are also exuberant theatrical entertainment, masterpieces of skill, invention and social satire which helped shape the direction of the French theatre for a hundred years. This lively new translation captures all the zest and energy of the most famous valet in French literature.--From publisher description.
ISBN:
9780199539970
Series:
Oxford world's classics
Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Physical Description:
xxxvi, 306 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents:
The barber of Seville -- The marriage of Figaro -- The guilty mother.
Uniform Title:
Selections. English. 2003
Works. Selections. English. 2003
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