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| Country of Location: |
Country of Location
Switzerland
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| Location: |
Location Cologny |
| Library / Collection: |
Library / Collection
Fondation Martin Bodmer
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| Shelfmark: | Shelfmark B-24.1 |
| Manuscript Title: | Manuscript Title Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Pour Mr La Rochelle jouant Brid’oison. En cas de bruit à la fin, signed autograph |
| Caption: | Caption Paper · 2 pp. · 23 x 19 cm · n.d. [Paris, around January 1797] |
| Language: |
Language
French |
| Manuscript Summary: | Manuscript Summary The comedy The Mad Day, or The Marriage of Figaro is a vivid satire of society during the Ancien Régime and of aristocratic privileges; it was first performed on April 27, 1784 and presaged the beginning of the French Revolution, which it doubtlessly helped bring about. After the fall of the monarchy in 1792, the comedy was again performed on several Parisian stages, albeit the concluding songs were modified by Beaumarchais. The final stanza of the stuttering judge Don Gusman Brid’oison, which in 1784 had concluded Tout fini-it par des chansons, was adapted to the difficulties of the period: Pour tromper sa maladie, / Il [the people] chantoit tout l’opera : / Dame ! il n’sait plus qu’ce p’tit air-là : / Ca ira, ça ira... However, after the fall of Robespierre and the Thermidorian Reaction, these words roiled young Muscadins just as the previous ones had caused the Sansculottes to react. Since the performances were disrupted by such turbulent audiences, Beaumarchais entrusted La Rochelle, the actor who performed the role of Brid’Oison, with an alternative ending that could be recited en cas de bruit (in case of noise). This variant, which remained unpublished until recently, was a praise of freedom of speech and of the sang froid de la raison (the cold blood of reason) against the stratagème (wiles) of ideological cabals. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | DOI (Digital Object Identifier 10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Beaumarchais-B-024-001 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-fmb-ms-Beaumarchais-B-024-001) |
| Permanent link: | Permanent link https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Beaumarchais-B-024-001 |
| IIIF Manifest URL: |
IIIF Manifest URL
https://e-codices.unifr.ch/metadata/iiif/fmb-ms-Beaumarchais-B-024-001/manifest.json
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| How to quote: | How to quote Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer, B-24.1: Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, Pour Mr La Rochelle jouant Brid’oison. En cas de bruit à la fin, signed autograph (https://e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/fmb/ms-Beaumarchais-B-024-001). |
| Online Since: | Online Since 06/22/2017 |
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| Document Type: |
Document Type
Autograph |
| Century: |
Century
18th century |
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Nicolas Ducimetière, « Le Monde de l’autographe : Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais », dans ArtPassion, Genève, 2015, n° 43, pp. 58-59 (première publication)