National Review, December 8th, 1997
Uncomprehending reviews may have harmed Beaumarchais, Edouard Molino's charming film about the adventures of the creator of Figaro, which he co-wrote with Jean-Claude Brisville, leaning on an unfinished manuscript by the great Sacha Guitry. I have no idea exactly who contributed what, or how much of it is factual (a good deal is) and how much invented, but I assure you this is a thinking man's swashbuckler, a funlover's history lesson, and everybody's civilized entertainment.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732 - 99) started out as a watchmaker and eventually became music-master to ...
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