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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais,
The Marriage
of Figaro (or the Follies of a Day)
[1784]
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 Online Library of Liberty: The Marriage of Figaro (or the Follies of a Day)
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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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Online Library of Liberty: The Marriage of Figaro (or the Follies of a Day)
Table Of Contents
Act I.
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