Beau·mar·chais (b -mär-sh  ), Pierre Augustin Caron de 1732-1799. French writer whose best-known works are the comic plays Le Barbier de Séville (1775) and Le Mariage de Figaro (1784), which inspired operas by Rossini and Mozart. |
Beaumarchais (French) [bomarʃɛ]
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(Biographies / Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-1799) M, French, THEATRE: dramatist) Pierre Augustin Caron de (pjɛr ogystɛ̃ karɔ̃ də). 1732-99, French dramatist, noted for his comedies The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro (1784)
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