The Marriage of Figaro (or the Follies of a Day)
- Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (author)
- Thomas Holcroft (translator)
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.