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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ( French: [pjɛʁ bomaʁʃɛ]; 24 January 1732 – 18 May 1799) [1] was a French polymath. At various times in his life, he was a watchmaker, inventor, playwright, musician, diplomat, spy, publisher, horticulturist, arms dealer, satirist, financier and revolutionary (both French and American).
- Plays; comedy and drama
- Le Barbier de Séville, Le Mariage de Figaro, La Mère coupable
- French
- Age of Enlightenment France
May 14, 2024 · Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (born Jan. 24, 1732, Paris, France—died May 18, 1799, Paris) was a French author of two outstanding comedies of intrigue that still retain their freshness, Le Barbier de Séville (1775; The Barber of Seville, 1776) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784; The Marriage of Figaro, 1785).
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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 – May 18, 1799) was a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). He was best known, however, for his dramatic works, especially the three Figaro plays. The Marriage of Figaro served as the ...
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French polymath, best known as a playwright, inventor, musician, diplomat, spy, and arms dealer. He is most famous for his theatrical works, particularly the plays “The Barber of Seville” and “The Marriage of Figaro,” which are central to the opera repertoire.
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution [1] ( French: Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as an opéra comique, and was rejected as such in 1772 by the Comédie-Italienne. The play as it is now known was ...
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Setting. The Count's castle near Seville. The Marriage of Figaro (French: La Folle Journée, ou Le Mariage de Figaro ("The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro")) is a comedy in five acts, written in 1778 by Pierre Beaumarchais. This play is the second in the Figaro trilogy, preceded by The Barber of Seville and followed by The Guilty Mother.
Life at Court Beaumarchais was born Pierre-Augustin Caron in Paris on January 24, 1732, the son of a clock-maker. He was educated at the Ecole d'Alfort until the age of thirteen, then apprenticed to his father. During his employment as a designer in his father's shop, Beaumarchais invented a new type of escapement for regulating watches that ...
