Contemporised to suit the current Australian socio-political climate it also blends
beautifully with the current sexo-political climate in America: it's a story about the
exercise of power without regard to the wishes of the people, expressed through the
satyriasis of the Count Almaviva. Figaro, the Count's chief steward, is to be married to
Suzanne, the Countess's. On the morning of the wedding he discovers that the Count
plans to claim droit de seigneur, the ancient right of the lord to sleep the first night
with the bride of any of his vassals. Figaro is naturally ill-disposed to such a plan, and
so, a born schemer, he sets about thwarting his master's lust. The scenario is further
complicated by the lustful intentions of Cherubin, the Count's page, towards the
Countess; intentions which are rendered all the more perilous by the Count's
explosive jealousy.
