La Mère coupable

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La Mère coupable is the third and darkest play in Beaumarchais’ Figaro trilogy, a late 18th-century drama that explores guilt, family secrets, and moral reckoning.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French play
drama
play
stage work
adaptedAs film
opera
alternateTitle The Guilty Mother NERFINISHED
author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais NERFINISHED
contrastNote darker in tone than the earlier Figaro plays
contrastWith Le Mariage de Figaro NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticStyle serious
firstPerformanceDate 1792
firstPerformancePlace Paris NERFINISHED
follows Le Mariage de Figaro NERFINISHED
genre comedy-drama
drama
language French
literaryMovement French Enlightenment NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Bégearss NERFINISHED
Comte Almaviva NERFINISHED
Comtesse Rosine Almaviva NERFINISHED
Figaro NERFINISHED
Florestine NERFINISHED
Léon NERFINISHED
Suzanne NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction conclusion of the Figaro story arc
notableAdaptation opera "La mère coupable" by Darius Milhaud NERFINISHED
originalTitle La Mère coupable, ou L’Autre Tartuffe NERFINISHED
partOf Figaro trilogy NERFINISHED
precededBy Le Barbier de Séville NERFINISHED
Le Mariage de Figaro NERFINISHED
precedes none
seriesPosition third play in the Figaro trilogy
setting household of the Comte Almaviva
structure five acts
theme adultery
family secrets
forgiveness
guilt
legitimacy
moral reckoning
parent–child relationships
timePeriodOfSetting late 18th century
tone dark

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.