Thomas Holcroft’s adaptation of The Marriage of Figaro as it was played at Covent Garden. On his wedding day the valet Figaro and his bride Susan must outwit their master Count Almaviva, who has designs on her, with the help of the neglected Countess, a lovesick page and a great deal of hiding in closets.
The comedy behind Mozart’s opera in its first English stage version. Download the free EPUB.