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Marriage of Figaro
Marriage of Figaro
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Author: Pierre Beaumarchais Translated by: Stephen Mulrine # of Pages: 149 Pub. Date: 2001 ISBN-10: 1854594923 ISBN-13: 9781854594921
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About the Play:
The Marriage of Figaro is a full-length comedy by
Pierre Beaumarchais. A
Count's valet prepares to marry the Countess' chambermaid –
until it becomes clear the Count wishes to revive an old law that
will allow him to take advantage of the bride before the wedding.
The Marriage of Figaro is
the original play on which Mozart based his opera. Figaro
discovers that his master the Count intends to exercise droit de
seigneur ("law of the first night") over Suzanne,
Figaro's bride-to-be. His schemes to thwart the Count show the
growing French endorsement of an aristocracy of merit and wits rather
than birth, in Pierre Beaumarchais' 1784 play. It
is the second in the Figaro trilogy, preceded by The Barber of
Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother. The trilogy, preceded by
The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother.
The Marriage of Figaro was first staged in 1784 at the
Théâtre Français and ran for 68 consecutive performances, earning
higher box-office receipts than any other French play of the
eighteenth century.
What people say:
"Beaumarchais, the dramatist
behind The Marriage of Figaro and The Barber of
Seville, was more than a mere playwright – he shaped the 18th
century." — The Guardian
About the Playwright:
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732 - 1799) was a
French playwright, watchmaker, inventor, musician, diplomat,
fugitive, spy, publisher, horticulturalist, arms dealer, satirist,
financier, and revolutionary (both French and American). Born a
provincial watchmaker's son, he rose in French society and became
influential in the court of Louis XV as an inventor and music
teacher. He made a number of important business and social contacts,
played various roles as a diplomat and spy, and had earned a
considerable fortune before a series of costly court battles
jeopardized his reputation. |
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