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	Pierre Augustin Caron De Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
		Beaumarchais, who had learned that there was no secretary save Mme Goezman herself, insisted on the restitution of the 15 louis, but the lady denied all knowledge of the affair.
		Beaumarchais had overloaded the last scene with allusions to the facts of his own case and the whole action of the piece was laboured and heavy.
		Beaumarchais had the imprudence to retaliate by personalities that were reported by his enemies to be dedicated against the king and queen.
	www.theatrehistory.com /french/beaumarchais001.html (1810 words)

	Pierre de Beaumarchais
		Beaumarchais was one of the most colorful characters of the old Regime, who earned and lost fortunes, served as a secret agent in Britain, and supplied guns to the American revolutionaries.
		Pierre de Beaumarchais was born Pierre Augustin Caron in Paris as one of ten children by André-Charles Caron, a watchemaker, and the former Louise-Nicole Pichon.
		Beaumarchais died of a stroke in Paris on May 18, 1799 in relative poverty.
	www.kirjasto.sci.fi /beaum.htm (1299 words)

	BEAUMARCHAIS, THE SCOUNDREL movie review with photos, video
		Beaumarchais apparently was too busy leading an adventurous life as a rebel, spy, Lothario and all-around political gadfly to amass a large repertory of literature.
		His Beaumarchais is a complex, sharp-witted man, infected with equal doses of daring and arrogance, along with enough charm to survive both afflictions.
		Beaumarchais focuses on a volatile decade in his life -- from 1774, as Seville was about to be staged, to 1784, when the staging of Figaro triggered ovations --and a prison sentence.
	www.rochestergoesout.com /mov/b/beauma.html (444 words)

	Beaumarchais, the insolent (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Musician and inventor, businessman and shrewd politician, diplomat and arms merchant, publisher, polemist, free-thinker and man of letters Beaumarchais was truly a man of his age, the 18th century: a jack-of-all-trades smitten with the concept of freedom, of knowledge and with a passion for action.
		As an advocate of the equality of all before the law, a concept later established by the Revolution, he fought against all manner of privileges; as a lover of freedom, he mischievously denounced censorship; as a representative of the middle-classes who make their way on merit, he ridiculed the allegedly natural superiority of the aristocracy.
		Beaumarchais was not a philanthropist but a generous and pragmatic man of action, who sought always to reconcile his private interests with the "public good", the great issue of the 18th century.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /label_france/ENGLISH/ART/BEAUMARC/beaumar.html (1566 words)

	No. 588: Beaumarchais and Mozart
		By the age of 27, he was teaching harp to Louis XV's daughters.
		Beaumarchais and Mozart were both more than they seemed to be.
		Beaumarchais: the inventor who became a playwright -- the aristocrat who served revolution.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi588.htm (452 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Beaumarchais,
		Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732–99) French dramatist.
		Beaumarchais' principal plays were the related court satires, The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro, which were transformed into operas by Rossini and Mozart respectively.
		Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition...
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Beaumarchais, (768 words)

	MMI Movie Review: Beaumarchais - The Scoundrel
		When we meet Beaumarchais, the author of "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro," he's living well on the proceeds from his plays and on the large inheritances from two deceased wives.
		He was smarter than the people around him but Beaumarchais was so savvy and so sneaky, that he could not only get away with thinking subversive thoughts out loud, he was recruited for secret missions on behalf of the French government.
		He has an adoring apprentice and an even more adoring mistress who are both, by turns, enraptured and bitterly disappointed by their idol, and who come to terms with Beaumarchais' shortcomings, by turning the tables on him with a poetic justice that is emphatically both.
	www.shoestring.org /mmi_revs/beaumarchais.html (407 words)

	Beaumarchais, l'insolent / Beaumarchais the Scoundrel / Edouard Molinaro / 1996 / film review
		What is less well known is Beaumarchais’ reputation as a womaniser, a merchant, a Republican sympathiser, an arms dealer and an unwilling secret agent for the kings of France.
		This film touches on all these diverse aspects of Beaumarchais’ life and manages to be both a convincing and highly entertaining study of a very complicated character.
		For these reasons, Luchini is the definitive Beaumarchais, and the director Edouard Molinaro could not have made a better choice for his lead actor.
	frenchfilms.topcities.com /nf_Beaumarchais_l_insolent_rev.html (576 words)

	Beaumarchais
		Avec à la clé des Césars, des Molières, des Prix à Cannes et dans de nombreux festivals et un Prix Nobel qui aura marqué l’histoire de "Beaumarchais" : Gao Xingjian en 2000.
		Les membres des Conseils d’Administration de la SACD et de "Beaumarchais", ainsi que le personnel de l’Association ne peuvent en faire partie.
		"Beaumarchais" est sous la tutelle d'un conseil d'administration dont les membres appartiennent aux diverses professions et disciplines représentées.
	www.beaumarchais.asso.fr (277 words)

	Beaumarchais, l'insolent (1996) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		First, by reading the title, you could have thought that the movie would embrace Beaumarchais' whole life: from his childhood until his death.
		During this era, Beaumarchais was an extraordinary character.
		For example, he was a spy for the king, supporter of the Human Rights (he took part in the writing of the Declaration of Independence).
	us.imdb.com /Title?0115638 (423 words)

	Embassy of France in the US - Pierre de Beaumarchais
		Pierre Augustin de Beaumarchais, a man of letters and an adventurer was born in Paris in 1732.
		The son of a clock-maker, Beaumarchais was introduced into society by the banker Paris-Duverney.
		Knighted by the King at age 29, Beaumarchais became famous for his plays The Barber of Seville, and later The Marriage of Figaro.
	www.info-france-usa.org /printfriendly/franceus/history/beaumar_pf.asp (215 words)

	Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
		Despite his rather irregular background [or maybe because of it] the French foreign minister, Vergennes, turned to Beaumarchais to conduct a series of secret dealings in arranging for French support to the colonial rebels at the outset of the American Revolution.
		There is some speculation that Beaumarchais had eariler performed a secret mission in London for Louis XV and Mme Du Berry in 1774.
		On 15 Jan Beaumarchais was given a written apology from Congress and a ‘pledge' of payment, for as everyone knew, the US had no money to pay.
	xenophongroup.com /mcjoynt/beaumarc.htm (993 words)

	Beaumarchais - Research the news about Beaumarchais - from HighBeam Research
		Beaumarchais' principal plays were the related court satires, The Barber of Seville (1775) and The Marriage of Figaro, which were...
		Beaumarchais was a famous litigant, and the pamphlets...
		As a librettist Beaumarchais is known chiefly for Tarare, a 5-act opera with...
	www.highbeam.com /search.aspx?q=Beaumarchais,&ref_id=ency_botnm (804 words)

	New York State Writers Institute - Beaumarchais, L'Insolent (Site not responding. Last check: )
		But he missed the historical dimensions of a life in art and politics that would confound most American viewers who, particularly since the 1950s, have come to believe that the two are mutually exclusive.
		Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799), whose lifespan matched George Washington’s—Beaumarchais was born a month before Washington and died within six months of him—was a biographer’s enigma.
		Indeed, Beaumarchais becomes the Figaro of his own life, a character who at one moment is the judge in a small pleas case, then is a swordsman in a cuckold’s duel, and then is arrested for anti-government agitation without ever having to leave the room.
	www.albany.edu /writers-inst/fnf99n3.html (788 words)

	French culture \| performing arts \| Beaumarchais: Mariage of Figaro (Site not responding. Last check: )
		French dramatist Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-99) was originally a watchmaker but rose to wealth and position among the nobility.
		Beaumarchais was a famous litigant, and the pamphlets he wrote about his cases were witty and effective.
		The expected payment was never forthcoming, and the claims of Beaumarchais against the Americans were settled only in 1835 through a grant by Congress to his heirs.
	www.info-france-usa.org /culture/perfo/events/01beaumarchaisoct.html (573 words)

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		Monsieur de Beaumarchais n’est ni ce qu’on a cru qu’il fut ni seulement ce dont on se souvient qu’il a été.
		Il doit le nom de Beaumarchais sous lequel il est passé à la postérité à la terre que possédait la veuve d’un certain Franquet, auquel il acheta en 1755 une charge de contrôleur de la maison du roi.
		Beaumarchais perd un procès qui achève de le déposséder de l’importante somme que lui a léguée Pâris-Duverney ; il n’hésite pourtant pas à porter plainte contre le juge Goëzman qu’il accuse de corruption.
	www.chez.com /bacfrancais/biobeaumarchais.htm (683 words)

	'Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel': Dispassionate and Convoluted
		ierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, the 18th-century rake, playwright and secret agent famous for accomplishments as varied as inventing a durable watch movement and writing "The Barber of Seville" and "The Marriage of Figaro," was undoubtedly a more compelling figure than the conniving aristocrat at the heart of Edouard Molinaro's lavish new costume drama.
		The extravagant "Beaumarchais: The Scoundrel" has been a hit in France, but it holds less interest here, despite the presence of some stellar actors, mostly in small roles, and the fact that Beaumarchais' clandestine gun-running was a great help to the Colonies during the American Revolution.
		"Beaumarchais," with an avid, calculating performance from bright-eyed Fabrice Luchini in the title role, touches a great many bases, some of which feature the solemn, tight-corseted playthings who are de rigueur in historical pageantry staged on this decorative level.
	partners.nytimes.com /library/film/102497scoundrel-film-review.html (489 words)

	JFS Beaumarchais
		This is the rumbustious story of the 18th century French playwright, Beaumarchais, who also invented harp pedals and clock mechanisms and involved himself in the Amerian Revolution, on the rebels' side of course!
		Beaumarchais has fallen foul of the local authorities because of his political views and his incessant womanising!
		Beaumarchais is brilliantly portrayed by Fabrice Luchini, who captures the character's ingenuity and rogueish aspects and makes him a loveable scoundrel.
	www.mnlg.com /jfs/archive_R/97_beauma.html (262 words)

	Oeuvre de Beaumarchais
		Beaumarchais perd, fait appel, et se fait un nouvel ennemi, le conseiller Goëzman, rapporteur du procès La Blache, qui accuse même Beaumarchais d’avoir tué ses deux premières épouses.
		Beaumarchais obtient définitivement gain de cause en 1778, il est entièrement réhabilité.
		Beaumarchais renoue avec un genre qu’il apprécie, le drame.
	www.alalettre.com /beaumarchais-biblio.htm (1060 words)

	JamesBowman.net \| Beaumarchais
		As spectacle, that is, it is superb, and Luchini does a marvelous job with the dashing poet and playwright, Beaumarchais, who is as much of a scoundrel as is necessary for a critic of royal absolutism to survive in the corrupt world of the French court and capital in the 1770s and 1780s.
		We were both wrong.” Later she takes revenge on him by sleeping with Gudin, but Beaumarchais is philosophical about it, saying that if he is imprisoned again Gudin can look after his wife.
		Perhaps the film's best moment comes as Beaumarchais is trying to persuade Louis to support the American colonists against the British crown by telling him about the Declaration of Independence.
	www.jamesbowman.net /review_print.asp?pubID=369 (549 words)

	Beaumarchais . Austin Chronicle . 12-29-97
		As portrayed in yet another costume drama from France, Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais -- late 18th-century French playwright, wit, magistrate, spy, war merchant -- is less a scoundrel than he is a troublemaker, stirring up the masses with a revolutionary fervor avant le déluge.
		Whether Beaumarchais, the Scoundrel engages in a bit of revisionist history is something for the scholars to debate; the lofty pedestal upon which it places its populist title character is surely exaggerated.
		As a film, it's merely serviceable, relating the milestones in the seminal period of Beaumarchais' life prior to the French Revolution as if they were historical hoops through which to jump.
	www.filmvault.com /filmvault/austin/b/beaumarchaisthesc1.html (206 words)

	Beaumarchais - MSN Encarta
		Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de (1732-99), French playwright.
		Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was born in Paris.
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	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573786/Beaumarchais.html (87 words)

	SACD - "Beaumarchais Foundation"
		The Beaumarchais Foundation was created by the SACD as part of its cultural action.
		For the past ten years, the Beaumarchais Foundation has been providing financial assistance to authors through writing grants, followed up by assistance with finished texts for the grant beneficiaries.
		The Beaumarchais Foundation has also set up a number of initiatives with such partners as UNESCO, the radio station France Culture, the Avignon Festival, the AFAA and the Festival International des Francophonies de Limoges, to mention but a few.
	www.sacd.fr /en/promo/beaumarchais (202 words)

	UNT Music Library: Virtual Rare Book Room, Beaumarchais, Tarare (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beaumarchais supplied the libretto for Tarare, basing his plot on the third volume of the exotic English collection The Tales of the Genii, or The Delightful Lessons of Horam, the Son of Asmar (1764) by James Ridley, (pseudonym for Sir Charles Morell), who claimed the stories were translated from a Persian source.
		Another principle that Beaumarchais advocated is more in line with Goldoni’s opera buffa ideal that both serious and comic characters (in Tarare, Spinette functions in a comic capacity) could intermingle.
		Thus, Tarare represents Beaumarchais and Salieri’s attempt to resolve the operatic issues of their time.
	www.library.unt.edu /music/virtual/Beaumarchais_Tarare/background.html (386 words)

	Hôtel Caron de Beaumarchais \| Paris Hotels \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		The theme of this intimate hotel is the work of former next-door neighbor Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, supplier of military aid to American revolutionaries and author of The Marriage of Figaro.
		The Beaumarchais is a lovely, quaint hotel with beautifully appointed rooms, excellent, courteous and always attentive staff and a GREAT location.
		There was one particular employee, Fabian, that we connected with, and she called and made our dinner reservations each night, recommended shopping, recommended restaurants, and most of all she made us feel comfortable and welcome in a foreign country.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=paris@117&cur_section=lod&property_id=56668 (662 words)

	Secretplaces – Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais - Paris hotels - Paris hotels
		As for the history/culture part, none other than Pierre-Agustin de Beaumarchais wrote the “Marriage of Figaro” just up the road from here and this whole street was a hotbed of revolutionary activity that the controversial Beaumarchais himself did much to stir up.
		As for the rooms, though not large, the beds certainly are and they retain the era from the past with wood beamed ceilings, French armoires and all round old world feel, with bathrooms even availing of hand painted tiles.
		It’s all very romantic, fine value for money (this is Paris after all, where similar standard hotels tend to cost rather more) and bang in the middle of Marais, the heart of style, trendy boutiques and the finest croissants.
	www.secretplaces.com /sp/1/hotels/Hotel_Caron_de_Beaumarchais.asp (359 words)

	P.-A. C. de Beaumarchais Papers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Beaumarchais, a French watchmaker turned playwright, was engaged in the king's secret service, and on missions to England he grew interested in the complains of the American colonies against Great Britain.
		Beaumarchais undertook to supply the French National Convention with muskets from Holland and found the adventure ruinous.
		Letters and documents of the family of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, playwright, secret agent in the American Revolution.
	www.clements.umich.edu /Webguides/Arlenes/B/Beaumarchais.html (163 words)

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