@article{335899,
      recid = {335899},
      author = {Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, and Coward, David.  and Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, and  Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, and Beaumarchais,  Pierre Augustin Caron de,},
      title = {The Figaro trilogy /},
      publisher = {Oxford University Press,},
      address = {Oxford ;},
      pages = {xxxvi, 306 p. ;},
      year = {2008},
      abstract = {Who was Figaro? Not the impertinent valet of the operas of  Mozart or Rossini, but both the spirit of resistance to  oppression and a bourgeois individualist like his creator.  The three plays in which he plots and schemes chronicle the  slide of the ancien régime into revolution, but also chart  the growth of Beaumarchais' humanitarianism. They are also  exuberant theatrical entertainment, masterpieces of skill,  invention and social satire which helped shape the  direction of the French theatre for a hundred years. This  lively new translation captures all the zest and energy of  the most famous valet in French literature.--From publisher  description.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/335899},
}