The Barber of Seville Activities & Classroom Projects

Fun Classroom Activities

The 20 enjoyable, interactive classroom activities that are included will help your students understand the text in amusing ways. Fun Classroom Activities include group projects, games, critical thinking activities, brainstorming sessions, writing poems, drawing or sketching, and more that will allow your students to interact with each other, be creative, and ultimately grasp key concepts from the text by "doing" rather than simply studying.

1. Another Commedia Dell'Arte Play

Research another play that is an example of commedia dell'arte. With a group of classmates, rehearse and perform a scene from this play that resembles a scene from "The Barber of Seville and the Marriage of Figaro."

2. Commedia Dell'Arte Essay

After researching and performing the scene from the other commedia dell'arte play, compare and contrast the two plays in a short essay.

3. Live Performance

Find a production of this play or another example of commedia dell'arte....
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