Beaumarchais and the Theatre - Paperback / softback
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Beaumarchais and the Theatre - Paperback / softback
William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaroand Beaumarchais's other dramatic works in the broad historical context of pre-revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and his plays. He presents detailed analyses of the plays themselves, discussing their critical receptions, their influence on drama of the period and their legacy. Included is a discussion of the operatic adaptations: Mozart's Mariage de Figaroand Rossini's Le Barbier de Seville. The author also provides analyses of sketches and fragments only recently re-discoveredBeaumarchais and the Theatreis a comprehensive and much needed study of one of the most significant playwrights of the turbulent eighteenth century. It is invaluable reading for students of theatre history.
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