The Comedy of ErrorsHilarious fun, this early comedy is filled with the merry violence of slapstick and farce. When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity—plus the timeless puns, jokes, gags, and suspense that makes this play a wonderful theatrical frolic and a brilliant tour de force of language and laughter. |
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ABBESS ADRIANA ANCILLA ANGELO Antipholus and Dromio Antipholus of Ephesus Antipholus of Syracuse arrested BALTHASAR beat Boys from Syracuse brother called chain Charles Dickens cloak Comedy of Errors COURTESAN CYLINDRUS D. H. Lawrence deny didst dine dinner director Antipholus door dost thou doth DROMIO Marry Dromio of Ephesus Dromio of Syracuse Duke Edith Wharton EGEON Enter Antipholus Enter Dromio Enter Menaechmus Epidamnum EROTIUM Exeunt Exit eyes farce father fetch Flying Karamazov Brothers Fyodor Dostoevsky gave give gold hath hither husband Jane Austen look Luce LUCIANA mart master MEDICUS MENAECHMUS THE CITIZEN MENAECHMUS THE TRAVELER MESSENIO mistress MULIER never officer parasite PENICULUS Pinch Plautus Plautus's play's pray purse quoth scene SECOND MERCHANT SENEX servants Shakespeare sister speak stage stay story Stratford-upon-Avon tell ye theater thee thou art town Tush twins villain wench wherefore wife