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William D. Howarth
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Act Iii
Adrienne Lecouvreur
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Beaumarchais dramatic works critical reception
Beaumarchais's Play
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De Beaumarchais
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dramaturgy analysis
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Drame Bourgeois
Duc De Chaulnes
Duchesse De Bourgogne
eighteenth-century French drama
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European cultural studies
Figaro Play
Goethe's Clavigo
La Chaussee
La Gouvernante
La Mere Coupable
La Terre
Le Barbier De Seville
LE Comte
Le Diable
Le Fils Naturel
Le Manage De
Le Mariage
les
Madame De Maintenon
Madame Du Chatelet
mariage
mere
operatic adaptations studies
pre-revolutionary France history
slle
theatre censorship Enlightenment
Theatre Du Marais
Young Man

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415755009
  • Weight: 385g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Apr 2014
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Description

William D Howarth sets Le Mariage de Figaro and 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 Figaro and Rossini's Le Barbier de Seville. The author also provides analyses of sketches and fragments only recently re-discovered.
Beaumarchais and the Theatre is 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.
About William D. Howarth
William D. Howarth is Emeritus Professor of French at Bristol University and Honorary Professor of French at the University of Warwick. He has written widely on the subject of French drama, and previous publications include Life and Letters in France: The Seventeenth Century, Sublime and Grotesque: A Study of French Romantic Drama, Molière: A Playwright and his Audience and, as editor, Comic Drama: The European Heritage.

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