What is The Marriage of Figaro (play)?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox play | name = The Marriage of Figaro | image = Marriage of figaro title page.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Title page of the first edition, 1785 | writer = [[Pierre Beaumarchais]] | chorus = | characters = Figaro<br />Suzanne<br />Count Almaviva<br />Countess Rosine<br/ >Chérubin, etc. | mute = | setting = Count Almaviva's palace in [[Seville]], [[Spain]] near the end of the 18th century | premiere = 27 April 1784 | place = [[Théâtre Français]]<br />[[Paris, France]] | orig_lang = French | series = | subject = | genre = [[Comedy]] | web = | playbill = | ibdb_id = | iobdb_id = | theatricalia_id = }} '''''The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro''''' is a [[play (theatre)|play]] by [[Pierre Beaumarchais]]. It is a [[comedy]]. It was written in 1778, and first published in 1785. ''Figaro'' was first performed at the [[Théâtre Français]] in [[Paris]] on 27 April 1784. It was a great success. ''The Marriage of Figaro'' is a [[sequel]] to the play, ''[[The Barber of Seville (play)|The Barber of Seville]]'', and a [[prequel]] to ''[[The Guilty Mother]]''. ==Related pages== * ''[[The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1786), an [[opera]] by [[Mozart]] based on the play {{DEFAULTSORT:Marriage of Figaro (play)}} [[Category:18th-century plays]] [[Category:1780s works]] [[Category:1785]] {{multistub|lit|performing-arts}} [[Category:French plays]]