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Thomas, Hugh Beaumarchais in Seville: An Intermezzo
Yale University Press 2007 0300121032 / 9780300121032 Hardcover Fine Fine Hardcover
New. Fine in publisher's boards in like dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide.From Booklist: *Starred Review* Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais' plays The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro inspired Mozart and Rossini to score arguably the most well-known and beloved characters of the Golden Age. Thomas follows Beaumarchais to Madrid for a year to plumb the playwright's cultural and professional exploits and chart his megalomaniacal ambition. Along the way, Beaumarchais introduces us to situations and people that will eventually make their way to his stage. But however fascinating the fictional lineage of Figaro and Almaviva, the book's deeper gratification exists in a nuanced, critical, conscientiously researched portrait of the driven man who gave them birth. His noble inclinations soon take a backseat to his own compulsion for notoriety. His every action is defined by its opportunity to increase his personal wealth and stature, and he seems willing to exploit anything or anyone to that end. These pursuits reveal perhaps the most compelling facet of Beaumarchais' creative force; he possessed an unbridled ability to proclaim a position and perform its opposite. His scrupulous observation of his surroundings afforded him a rare and powerful understanding of the lives of the gentle classes, an understanding that informed the dramatic work that continues to thrill us today. Thomas Barthelmess Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved "'Beaumarchais' Spanish adventure is related with wit and high spirits by the distinguished historian Hugh Thomas.' Antonia Fraser 'Hugh Thomas has written a brief, witty and enlightening account of the origins of those two key works: The Barber of Seville and The Marriage of Figaro. He brings to life Beaumarchais in the glittering epoch of profound frivolity before the French Revolution ruined all.' Paul Johnson 'a delightfully readable and engrossing book, whose main intention is to relate the extraordinary circumstances that led a former watchmaker to write two of the most influential and popular plays of the eighteenth century.' Michael Jacobs, Literary Review '... a learned and lively book.' Raymond Carr, The Spectator 'This book is tremendous fun to read. It is nourished, moreover, by an extensive root system: Beaumarchais's plays, personal correspondence and memoirs, together with meticulous familiarity with earlier biographies of the dramatist, contemporary travellers' accounts, and scholarly historical work about eighteenth-century Spain.' Eric Southworth, Times Literary Supplement" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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