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Beaumarchais: Mariage de Figaro
Paperback
Series: French Texts
Literary CriticismGeneral PoetryPlays
ISBN13: 9781853993176
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jan 1 1998
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.43 Width: 5.46 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
One of the greatest comedies in French theatre history, Beaumarchais' Le Mariage de Figaro is a dynamic text of humour and social satire which still works well on stage today, and was the inspiration for Mozart's opera.Although ostensibly set in Spain, the play satirises certain abuses and attitudes prevalent in France during the turbulent years just before the French Revolution.The play's treatment of moral themes and its strong, resourceful female characters make it as vital work of literature and theatre, as relevant today as when it was written two centuries ago.
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