The Figaro trilogy
By: Beaumarchais ; translated with an introduction and notes by David Coward.
Contributors: Coward, David.; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.; Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Series: Oxford world's classics; Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799 -- Translations into English
Genres: Translations into English.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxx]-xxxi).
Table of contents: title: The barber of Seville; title: The marriage of Figaro; title: The guilty mother.