| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 273 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; NOTES TO THE READER; NOTE ON QUOTATIONS IN THE TEXT; NOTE ON EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY MONEY; INTRODUCTION; Part I THE MAKING OF A DRAMATIST; 1 WATCHMAKER, MUSICIAN, COURTIER; 2 PAMPHLETEER AND PUBLIC FIGURE; 3 DIPLOMAT AND SECRET AGENT; 4 BEAUMARCHAIS AND THE REVOLUTION; Part II THE CONTEXT OF A CAREER; 5 THEATRES AND THEATREGOING IN THE ANCIEN RÉGIME; 6 DRAMATIC WRITING IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; 7 THE THEATRE AND AUTHORITY IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; Part III THE PLAYS; 8 BEAUMARCHAIS AND THE PARADES; 9 OTHER FRAGMENTS; 10 EUGÉNIE; 11 LES DEUX AMIS |
| Summary |
William D. Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and Beaumarchais' other dramatic works in the broad context of pre-Revolutionary France, providing a unique and authoritative study of the dramatist and his plays |
| Analysis |
French drama |
| Notes |
"'The most brilliant play, not only of the eighteenth century, but possibly of the whole French theatre: Le Mariage de Figaro'. Le duc de Castries, 1985." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-268) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
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| SUBJECT |
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799 fast |
| Subject |
Dramatists, French -- 18th century -- Biography
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Theater -- France -- History -- 18th century
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DRAMA -- Continental European.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary.
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Dramatists, French
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Theater
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France
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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History
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203191552 |
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0203191552 |
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9781134985920 |
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1134985924 |
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9781134985876 |
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1134985878 |
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9781134985913 |
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1134985916 |
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9780415755009 |
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041575500X |
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