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Subject Area: Literature
Collection: Banned Books

Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, The Marriage of Figaro (or the Follies of a Day) [1784]

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The Follies of a Day; or, the Marriage of Figaro. A Comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais by Thomas Holcroft (London: G.G. and J.J. Robinson, 1785).


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About this title:

The second of 3 plays Beaumarchais wrote about a master-servant relationship, Count Almaviva and Figaro, during the social upheavals on the eve of the French revolution. In this play they become rivals for the affections of Suzanne.

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