Le Barbier de Séville

E504684
French play comedy play stage play

Le Barbier de Séville is a celebrated 18th-century French comedic play that introduced the clever character Figaro and satirizes social class and authority.

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Surface form Occurrences
The Barber of Seville 3
The Barber of Seville (stage production) 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French play ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
acts 4 ⓘ
adaptedAs Il barbiere di Siviglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
film ⓘ
opera ⓘ
television production ⓘ
author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterRoleOfFigaro barber ⓘ
go-between ⓘ
valet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
dramaticForm comédie ⓘ
firstPerformanceCity Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1775 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace Comédie-Française NERFINISHED ⓘ
followedBy Le Mariage de Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
historicalSignificance major work of French theatre ⓘ
precursor to revolutionary social criticism in drama ⓘ
introducesCharacter Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryMovement Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Bartholo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Basile NERFINISHED ⓘ
Count Almaviva NERFINISHED ⓘ
Figaro NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rosine NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus courtship of Rosine by Count Almaviva ⓘ
notableAdaptationComposer Gioachino Rossini NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
originalTitle Le Barbier de Séville ou La Précaution inutile NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries Figaro trilogy NERFINISHED ⓘ
revisedVersionPremiereDate 1775 ⓘ
settingCountry Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
settingLocation Seville NERFINISHED ⓘ
structure prose ⓘ
theme class conflict ⓘ
critique of aristocracy ⓘ
critique of authority ⓘ
love and deception ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
timePeriodOfWork 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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The Marriage of Figaro → follows → Le Barbier de Séville ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Barber of Seville
Le Figaro → namedAfter → Le Barbier de Séville ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Barber of Seville
Gioachino Rossini → notableWork → Le Barbier de Séville ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Barber of Seville
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais → notableWork → Le Barbier de Séville ⓘ
Rosalind Eleazar → notableWork → Le Barbier de Séville ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Barber of Seville (stage production)