by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782010193842
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«Le Barbier de Séville» is the four-act comedy by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, in paperback (224 pages, in French).
Count Almaviva turns to the cunning barber Figaro to court Rosina, ward of Doctor Bartolo, who watches over her and also intends to marry her. Amid disguises, letters and mix-ups, the comedy satirises authority and marriage for interest, and celebrates cunning against power.
First instalment of the Figaro trilogy. French edition from the Classiques Hachette collection with complete text; the play premiered in 1775.
For readers of classic French theatre and students of French who want to read the work in its original language.
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.
