La Mère coupable

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La Mère coupable is the third and darkest play in Beaumarchais’ Figaro trilogy, a late 18th-century drama that explores guilt, family secrets, and moral reckoning.

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La Mère coupable canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French play
drama
play
stage work
adaptedAs film
opera
alternateTitle The Guilty Mother
author Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais
contrastNote darker in tone than the earlier Figaro plays
contrastWith Le Mariage de Figaro
countryOfOrigin France
dramaticStyle serious
firstPerformanceDate 1792
firstPerformancePlace Paris
follows Le Mariage de Figaro
genre comedy-drama
drama
language French
literaryMovement French Enlightenment
mainCharacter Bégearss
Comte Almaviva
Comtesse Rosine Almaviva
linked to: Countess Almaviva

Figaro
Florestine
Léon
Suzanne
narrativeFunction conclusion of the Figaro story arc
notableAdaptation opera "La mère coupable" by Darius Milhaud
originalTitle La Mère coupable, ou L’Autre Tartuffe
partOf Figaro trilogy
precededBy Le Barbier de Séville
Le Mariage de Figaro
precedes none
seriesPosition third play in the Figaro trilogy
setting household of the Comte Almaviva
structure five acts
theme adultery
family secrets
forgiveness
guilt
legitimacy
moral reckoning
parent–child relationships
timePeriodOfSetting late 18th century
tone dark

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Figaro appearsIn La Mère coupable
The Guilty Mother originalTitle La Mère coupable
Countess Almaviva appearsIn La Mère coupable