by Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais · Folio · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070410866
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«Le Mariage de Figaro» is the stage comedy by Pierre Augustin Beaumarchais, published by Folio in paperback (258 pages, in French).
Figaro and Susana want to marry, but Count Almaviva tries to exercise his droit de seigneur; the countess seeks to win him back, the page Cherubim loves her in secret, and Marceline claims an old promise. Notes, disguises and misunderstandings pile up in this satire of aristocratic privilege, censored for years before its premiere in 1784.
Written in 1778 and originally titled «La Folle Journée, ou le Mariage de Figaro», it is the second installment of the Figaro trilogy, sequel to «El barbero de Sevilla»; edition edited by Pierre Larthomas.
For students of French and readers of classical theater, with an interest in eighteenth-century French literature.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, inventor, musician, spy, publisher, arms dealer, and revolutionary.
