The Marriage of Figaro

Synopsis

The play on which Mozart's opera was set (and which was banned in Austria at the time as being subversive!). A riotous comedy where the virtuous unmask the immoral and the quick-witted servants undo their scheming masters. The Count's servant, Figaro, is arranging the final plans for his wedding to his beloved Suzanne, when he stumbles upon his master's plot to evoke the ancient right of droit de seigneur. Can Figaro stop the Count or will the virtuous Suzanne stay a step head of everyone?

Our Review:

Amy Taylor - 30 March 2012

Perhaps best known as Mozart’s comic opera, The Marriage of Figaro was originally a 1778 comedy play by the French playwright, Beaumarchais. Now adapted by Scottish playwright D.C. Jackson and directed by Mark Thomson, this production presents gender politics with a side of laughter, revenge and song.

Taking place over the course of one extraordinary day, The Marriage of Figaro follows the eponymous hero (Mark Pendergast) and his fiancée Suzanne (Nicola Roy) as they prepare for their company to be bought over before they get married that evening. But the course of business, like love, is never smooth, and a number of distractions such as The Chief’s (Stuart Bowman)infatuation with Suzanne and The Chair’s (Briony McRoberts)plots to uncover his infidelity threaten to destroy the takeover, and their relationship.

Transforming one of Beamarchais’ best known plays and adapting it fo...

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