La folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro

Lucile Lacaze reinterprets Beaumarchais’s subtle and humorous language against the backdrop of a day that has never been quite so mad. 1784. Count Almaviva’s estate. For Suzanne, a maid, and Figaro, the estate’s steward, it is their wedding day. But there’s a snag: Count Almaviva has set a condition for the marriage – Suzanne must agree to let him deflower her before the wedding. A lively comedy published on the eve of the Revolution, *La Folle Journée* depicts a world of ordinary folk rebelling against the remnants of an old order… Is that really so far removed from us today? In this era of new revolutions, Lucile Lacaze unearths the gendered violence of *La Folle Journée* to consign it once and for all to oblivion… and restore women to their rightful place. Intelligently crafted, Suzanne, the Countess and Marceline outshine Figaro and Cherubino in weaving the threads of an irresistible plot. Part genre comedy, part boulevard theatre and part cartoon, this is a powerful plea for domination to finally give way to desire!