The Barber of Seville. In a New Translation and Adaptation by Bernard Sahlins.
Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
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Description for The Barber of Seville. In a New Translation and Adaptation by Bernard Sahlins.
Paperback. Fast-moving and brisk, and filled with wit, humor, and gaiety, the Barber is assured of immortality because of its sheer fun. Plays for Performance Series. Translator(s): Sahlins, Bernard. Series: Plays for Performance. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 136.
Fast-moving and brisk, and filled with wit, humor, and gaiety, the Barber is assured of immortality because of its sheer fun. Mr. Sahlins’s deft adaptation of a superbly constructed plot, and his attention to language for present-day audiences, make this a beautifully playable farce. An appropriate companion to The Marriage of Figaro, also available in the series.
Fast-moving and brisk, and filled with wit, humor, and gaiety, the Barber is assured of immortality because of its sheer fun. Mr. Sahlins’s deft adaptation of a superbly constructed plot, and his attention to language for present-day audiences, make this a beautifully playable farce. An appropriate companion to The Marriage of Figaro, also available in the series.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
83
Condition
New
Series
Plays for Performance
Number of Pages
83
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781566632034
SKU
V9781566632034
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
The Plays for Performance series is edited by Nicholas Rudall, former artistic director of the Court Theatre at the University of Chicago where he is professor of classics, and Bernard Sahlins, founder and director of the Second City. They both live in Chicago, Illinois.
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