by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782011687067
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«Le Barbier de Séville» is the stage comedy by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, published by Hachette éducation in paperback (238 pages, in French).
French comedy premiered in 1775. In Seville, Count Almaviva tries to win Rosina with the help of Figaro, a shrewd and witty barber, while her guardian Bartolo tries to stop him. Disguises, misunderstandings and strokes of wit sustain this essential work of 18th-century French theatre.
First instalment of Beaumarchais's Figaro trilogy. Edition from the Bibliolycée collection published in 2003, with complete text, notes, questionnaires and a synthesis by Éloïse Lièvre-Molkhou.
Intended for the school environment and for readers wanting an annotated edition of classic French theatre.
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.
