The Barber of Seville (play)
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![A scene from a 19th-century version of The Barber of Seville. Its origins in the commedia dell'arte are shown in this picture which portrays Figaro dressed in the costume and mask of Harlequin.](/Images/godic/202412/19/BarberSeville5000.jpg")
The Barber of Seville or the Useless Precaution (French:Le Barbier de Séville ou la Précaution inutile) is a French play by Pierre Beaumarchais, with original music by Antoine-Laurent Baudron. It was initially conceived as a comic opera, and was rejected as such in 1772 by the Comédie-Italienne. The play as it is now known was written in 1773, but, due to legal and political problems of the author, it was not performed until February 23, 1775, at the Comédie-Française in the Tuileries. It is the first play in a trilogy of which the other constituents are The Marriage of Figaro and The Guilty Mother.