What were some the plays performed for Commedia Dell Arte?

I'm doing a project for my Theatre Arts class and we are required to search an era of theatrical history. I picked Commedia Dell Arte. I just need some plays that i can perform. PLEASE HELP!!!

What were some the plays performed for Commedia Dell Arte?performing art center

OK...so you just happened to pick the one genre in all of theatre history in which the plays were improvised, and almost never written down!

Seriously..."Commedia dell'arte" was improv comedy based on stock characters, classic bits known as "lazzi" (this is where the term "slapstick" came from), and scenarios--outlines of plots that would be posted backstage, and the actors would riff off them and create the play. The whole point (in a way) was that by making it up fresh every time you did it, it kept the shows spontaneous and alive.

However: later, some writers did write down script versions of scenarios that had existed, and you should be able to find some. Two good examples to look for: "The Three Cuckolds" and "The Servant of Two Masters", the latter by Carlo Goldoni. Check around on the 'net or at the library; might be harder to find at a bookstore, but it never hurts to try Amazon. Another thought: find a scenario, and then enlist some clever people to do a 5 minute improv off of it--to give the idea of what commedia would really have been like. Good luck!

What were some the plays performed for Commedia Dell Arte?theatre tickets opera theater

The Servant of Two Masters and various plays featuring Pierre Patelin are cited but in reality Commedia performed non-scripted scenarios rather than scripts or "plays" as we know them.
Someone already said this, but yeah: Servant of Two Masters.

We did it last semester and it's a really good one if done right, with masks and everything. I think it's one of the most well-known in the genre.
The best thing to do is to research the different characters from commedia- they each have a special mask, which are still made in parts of italy today. check out these websites for an overview: http://www.theatrehistory.com/italian/co...

http://www.delpiano.com/carnival/html/co...

http://www.davidclaudon.com/arte/commedi...

And here has great images of masks:

http://www.paragonmasks.com/commedia.htm

If you have time, you could even have a go at making some papier mache masks to pass round your class!