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The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
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Description for The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother
Paperback. Originally published: Oxford World's Classic paperback, c2003. Translator(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
The Barber of Seville * The Marriage of Figaro * The Guilty Mother Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theatre star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to put with Don Quixote or D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But 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. ... Read more
The Barber of Seville * The Marriage of Figaro * The Guilty Mother Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theatre star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to put with Don Quixote or D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
257g
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199539970
SKU
V9780199539970
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About Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
David Coward is the author of studies of Marivaux, Marguerite Duras, Marcel Pagnol and Restif de le Bretonne, and of A History of French Literature. For OWC he has edited eight novels by Alexandre Dumas and translated Dumas fils' La Dame aux camelias', two selections of Maupassant short stories, Sade's Misfortunes of Virtue and Other Early Tales and Diderot's Jacques ... Read more
Reviews for The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, The Guilty Mother
'Coward's introduction is a small masterpiece, weaving information and interpretation into a compelling narrative in a way which makes it alone worth the modest price of the volume.' 'David Coward's translations cope admirably with Beaumarchais' wide range of tones and registers in three very different plays, and are as speakable as they are readable.' 'this excellent volume provides an admirable ... Read more