Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais was a French playwright and diplomat of the Age of Enlightenment. Best known for his three Figaro plays, at various times in his life he was also a watchmaker, in
Portrait by Jean-Marc Nattier, c. 1755
Louis XV by Maurice Quentin de La Tour, (1748)
The original title page of The Marriage of Figaro
Statue of Beaumarchais in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, by Louis Clausade (1895)
Théâtre du Marais
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The Théâtre du Marais has been the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France. The original and most famous theatre of the name operated in the 17th century. The name was briefly
The present-day Théâtre du Marais