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28%OFFBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De. Ed(S): Leigh, John - Figaro Plays - 9781603841320 - V9781603841320
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Figaro Plays

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Description for Figaro Plays Hardback. "Figaro Plays". Editor(s): Leigh, John. Translator(s): Wells, John. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 538.
[Beaumarchais'] fame rests on Le Barbier de Seville (1775) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784), the only French plays which his stage-struck century bequeathed to the international repertoire. But his achievement has been adulterated, for ‘Beaumarchais’ has long been the brand name of a product variously reprocessed by Mozart, Rossini, and the score or so librettists and musicians who have perpetuated his plots, his characters, and his name. The most intriguing question of all has centered on his role as catalyst of the Revolution. Was his impertinent barber the Sweeney Todd of the Ancien Régime, the true begetter of the ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, MA, United States
ISBN
9781603841320
SKU
V9781603841320
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About Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De. Ed(S): Leigh, John
John Wells (1936-1998) was an English actor, satirist, author, screenwriter, and co-founder of the magazine Private Eye. John Leigh is a Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, and University Lecturer in the Department of French.

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[Beaumarchais'] fame rests on Le Barbier de Seville (1775) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784), the only French plays which his stage-struck century bequeathed to the international repertoire. But his achievement has been adulterated, for 'Beaumarchais' has long been the brand name of a product variously reprocessed by Mozart, Rossini, and the score or so librettists ... Read more

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