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Marie Antoinette, The Marriage of Figaro, and the Diamond Necklace Affair
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Beaumarchais’s madcap comedy, The Marriage of Figaro, smashed box-office records when it opened in Paris in 1784. The following year, a team of real-life con artists drew inspiration from a crucial scene in the play as they planned—and pulled off—the swindle of the century.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.
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Manage episode 418328973 series 3395496
Beaumarchais’s madcap comedy, The Marriage of Figaro, smashed box-office records when it opened in Paris in 1784. The following year, a team of real-life con artists drew inspiration from a crucial scene in the play as they planned—and pulled off—the swindle of the century.
Show notes and full transcripts available at www.artofcrimepodcast.com.
If you'd like to support the show, please consider becoming a patron at www.patreon.com/artofcrimepodcast.
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