Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais

The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro

Rose Stanley

In this house we stan sassy French playwrights, even if they do include the following in their plays:
(a) untranslatable puns
(b) a ridiculous plot twist in the sequel play that means you can never see the original play the same way again, damnit
(c) a 4-page monologue to try and distract you from that ridiculous plot twist
(d) some fairly sexist views re:relationship dynamics
(e) all of the above

I hesitated between giving this 3 or 4 stars...I think I would give The Barber of Seville 4 stars and The Marriage of Figaro 3 stars, so let's split the difference and call it 3.5.

The Barber of Seville/The Marriage of Figaro

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