The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro: A comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais — John Shaqi
The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro: A comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de BeaumarchaisBeaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
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The Follies of a Day; or, The Marriage of Figaro: A comedy, as it is now performing at the Theatre-Royal, Covent-Garden. From the French of M. de Beaumarchais
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de
Comedy plays; French drama -- Translations into English
_Count._ Again! And again! And everlastingly this damn’d,
diabolical Page. (_Page flies to the other side of the
stage._) You shall find, however, he was not alone.
_Page._ Ah, no! My lot would have been hard indeed then.
_Count._ Enter Antonio, and drag the guilty Thing before
her Judge.
_Antonio._ (_In the Pavilion._) Come, Madam, you must come
out; I must not let you go since my Lord knows you are here.
_Enter with his Daughter_, AGNES.
_Omnes._ Agnes!
_Guzman._ A-A-Agnes!
_Antonio._ Odzooks, my Lord, its a pleasant Trick, enough,
to send me in, before all these good Folks, for my Daughter.
_Count._ I’ll find her, I warrant. (_Going._)
_Doctor._ (_Stopping the Count._) Pardon me, my Lord, but
you are too angry at present; let me go.
(_Exit Doctor to the Pavilion._)
_Guzman._ This Cause is very perplex’d.
_Doctor._ (_Entering with Marcelina._) Fear nothing, Madam,
fear nothing.
_Omnes._ Marcelina!
_Figaro._ My Mother too! Ha! ha! ha! ha! ha!
_Count._ Where then is this Daughter of Infamy thus evades
my just Fury?
_Enter_ SUSAN, _with her Fan before her face_.
Here she comes, at last; bearing her own Shame and my
Dishonour. (_Susan kneels to him, still hiding her Face._)
_Omnes._ Pardon, pardon, gracious Lord!
_Count._ No! No! No! (_They all fall on their knees._) No!
No! Were the World to kneel I would be deaf.
_Enter the_ COUNTESS _from the Pavilion on the right, and
kneels to the Count, whose back is turned to her_.
_Countess._ At least I will make one of the Number.
(_Susan drops her fan, the Count hears the
voice of the Countess, looks round, and
suddenly conceives the whole Trick they have
been playing him. All the Company burst into a
laugh: the Count’s shame, confusion, &c._)
_Guzman._ (_Laughing stupidly_) Ha! ha! ha! ha! ’Tis the
Countess!
_Count._ (_With great humility._) And--is it you my Lady?
_Countess._ (_Inclines her body in token of Affirmation._)
_Count._ (_Returning her bow with great confusion._)
Ah!--Yes!--Yes! A generous pardon--tho’ unmerited.----
_Countess._ Were you in my place, you would exclaim, No!
No! No! But I grant it without a single Stipulation.
_Susan._ And I.
_Figaro._ And I.--There are Echoes here.
_Count._ (_Surprised_) I perceive--I perceive----I have
been rightly served.
_Countess._ Here, Susan, here is the Purse and Ring, which
my Lord gave thee. He will remember thy sweet delicate
Fingers, so long and so small.
_Susan._ Thank your Lordship--Here Figaro.
(_Gives him the Purse._
_Figaro._ It was devilish hard to get at--
_Count._ (_To Susan_) And the Letter you wrote--
_Susan._ Was dictated by my Lady.
_Count._ (_Smiling good naturedly._) Well, well! I am an
Answer in her Debt.
_Figaro._ Thus every Man shall have his own.
_Bounce._ And shall we throw the Stocking?
_Countess._ There is the Garter.
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