Beaumarchais: Mariage de Figaro
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781853993176 (1853993174)
Publish date: January 1st 1998
Publisher: Bristol Classical Press
Pages no: 232
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
France,
French Literature,
18th Century
bookshelves: winter-20102011, play-dramatisation, published-1778 Recommended for: Sunday R3 listeners Read on December 27, 2010 ** spoiler alert ** blurb - As a prelude to The Genius of Mozart, Radio 3's major new season in the new year, a rare chance to hear Beaumarchais' original play. Bristli...
'Le Mariage De Figaro' is the second part of a theatrical trilogy by 18th century playwright Beaumarchais, but can also be read as a stand-alone work as one can just jump in and start reading without encountering any problems. The central plot revolves around Figaro, a servant of Comte Almaviva, who...
blurb - As a prelude to The Genius of Mozart, Radio 3's major new season in the new year, a rare chance to hear Beaumarchais' original play. Bristling with social and political conflict, behind the comic intrigues of da Ponte's libretto lies a drama that was considered too dangerous to be allowed to...
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