by Pierre-Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010026942
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«Le Barbier de Séville» is the stage comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, published by Hachette in a paperback edition, in French.
Comedy of intrigue in which Fígaro, a cunning barber from Seville, devises a plan for Count Almaviva to court young Rosina, confined by her elderly tutor, Doctor Bartolo, who aspires to marry her. Misunderstandings, disguises and deceptions follow one another as Fígaro outwits the jealous tutor's vigilance to lead the lovers to a happy ending.
First work of the Fígaro trilogy, followed by «Las bodas de Fígaro» and «La madre culpable». The play was published in 1775. This Hachette edition belongs to the «Nouveaux classiques illustrés» collection.
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.
