Pierre Beaumarchais | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-03

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Pierre Beaumarchais


00:01:23 1 Early life
00:04:42 2 Rise to influence
00:04:51 2.1 Marriage and new name
00:05:37 2.2 Royal patronage
00:06:48 2.3 Visit to Madrid
00:08:20 3 Playwright
00:09:02 3.1 The Figaro plays
00:11:49 4 Court battles
00:13:49 5 American Revolution
00:16:17 6 The Voltaire revival
00:17:09 7 More court battles and the French Revolution
00:18:38 8 Exile and death
00:19:15 9 Operas
00:20:02 10 Private life
00:21:26 11 List of works
00:23:15 12 List of related works



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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (French: [pjɛʁ bomaʁʃɛ]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier, and revolutionary (both French and American).
Born a provincial watchmaker's son, Beaumarchais 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.
An early French supporter of American independence, Beaumarchais lobbied the French government on behalf of the American rebels during the American War of Independence. Beaumarchais oversaw covert aid from the French and Spanish governments to supply arms and financial assistance to the rebels in the years before France's formal entry into the war in 1778. He later struggled to recover money he had personally invested in the scheme. Beaumarchais was also a participant in the early stages of the French Revolution. He is probably best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays.