'Figaro' Is a Saucy and Sassy Beaumarchais Adaptation
Like its predecessor “The Barber of Seville,” Beaumarchais’ “The Marriage of Figaro” is overshadowed by the operatic version and thus rarely performed. Charles Morley’s saucy and sassy script is not a literal translation and cheerfully acknowledges the more famous opera as well as the fact that we are watching a play. The title scamp often turns to the audience and includes us in h…