Educational TalkBeaumarchais: Playwright, Secret Agent, Revolutionary
One time only
At French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & CambridgeBack Bay, Boston
✨Events here are "thoughtfully organized and full of charm"
🎭His plays inspired Mozart's and Rossini's famous operas
Before Figaro, there was espionage: historian Robert J. Allison reveals how playwright Beaumarchais talked Louis XVI into secretly arming the American rebels. Talk, Q&A, and reception to follow.
Author talk
History buffs
American Revolution
French culture
Tuesday, November 24,
6:00 PM
$10
Educational TalkBeaumarchais: Playwright, Secret Agent, Revolutionary
One time only
At French Library / Alliance Française of Boston & CambridgeBack Bay, Boston
✨Events here are "thoughtfully organized and full of charm"
🎭His plays inspired Mozart's and Rossini's famous operas
Before Figaro, there was espionage: historian Robert J. Allison reveals how playwright Beaumarchais talked Louis XVI into secretly arming the American rebels. Talk, Q&A, and reception to follow.
Author talk
History buffs
American Revolution
French culture
Tuesday, November 24,
6:00 PM
$10