The Figaro Trilogy: The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro/The Guilty Mother
(Part of the Figaro Trilogy Series and Carleton Renaissance Plays in Translation Series)
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Eighteenth-century France produced only one truly international theater star, Beaumarchais, and only one name, Figaro, to combine with Don Quixote and D'Artagnan in the ranks of popular myth. But who was Figaro? He was quickly appropriated by Mozart and Rossini who tamed the original impertinent, bustling servant for their own purposes. On the eve of the French Revolution Figaro was seen as a threat to the establishment and Louis XIV even banned The...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0192804138
ISBN13:9780192804136
Release Date:December 2003
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:306 Pages
Weight:0.65 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 7.7" x 5.0"
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