The Barber of Seville (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Pierre-Augustin Caron
- First Published: 1775
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Comedy
- Time of Work: Eighteenth century
- Setting: Seville, Spain
- Genres: Drama, Farce, Comedy, Comedy of manners
- Subjects: Love or romance, Marriage, Barbershops or barbers, Eighteenth century, Spain or Spanish people, Impostors or imposture
- Locales: Seville, Spain
Characters Discussed
Figaro (FEE-gah-roh), the barber of Seville. Figaro is a gay and not overly scrupulous barber and apothecary who does not hesitate to be of help to Count Almaviva in his pursuit of marriage with Rosine. Full of stratagems, he multiplies false identities, to the confusion of everyone. His own vein of comment reveals that he is the foe of the old and their heavy, unjustified wielding of authority. His malice, however, is only skin deep.
Count Almaviva (ahl-mah-VEE- vah), a Spanish grandee from Madrid. the conventional ardent lover, he is thoroughly...
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Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Drama)Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (Censorship)
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