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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Sensual gaiety is at the heart of this comic masterpiece which
continues the merry tale of the little barber of Seville, a clever
common man whose wits overcome his superiors who would suppress
him. In paring down the number of players, presenting the scenes
more economically, and offering a translation that removes archaic
phrasing, Mr. Sahlins delivers a script that can be comfortably
staged by present-day theatres.
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The Figaro Plays (Paperback)
Beaumarchais; Translated by John Wells; Edited by John Leigh
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R384
Discovery Miles 3 840
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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[Beaumarchais'] fame rests on Le Barbier de Seville (1775) and Le
Mariage de Figaro (1784), the only French plays which his
stage-struck century bequeathed to the international repertoire.
But his achievement has been adulterated, for 'Beaumarchais' has
long been the brand name of a product variously reprocessed by
Mozart, Rossini, and the score or so librettists and musicians who
have perpetuated his plots, his characters, and his name. The most
intriguing question of all has centered on his role as catalyst of
the Revolution. Was his impertinent barber the Sweeney Todd of the
Ancien Regime, the true begetter of the guillotine? . . .
Beaumarchais' plays have often seemed to need the same kind of
shoring up as his reputation, as though they couldn't stand on
their own without a scaffolding of good tunes. Yet, as John Wells'
lively and splendidly speakable translations of the Barber , the
Marriage , and A Mother's Guilt demonstrate, they need assistance
from no one. [Beaumarchais] thought of the three plays as a
trilogy. Taken together, they reflect, as John Leigh's commentaries
make clear, the Ancien Regime's unstoppable slide into revolution.
--David Coward in The London Review of Books
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