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. |
Contents
Textual Notes | 73 |
Shakespeares Career in the Theater | 123 |
A Chronology | 137 |
Acknowledgments and Picture Credits | 145 |
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Abbess abbey Act 4 Scene actors ADRIANA LUCIANA ANGELO Antipholus and Dromio ANTIPHOLUS OF EPHESUS ANTIPHOLUS OF SYRACUSE arrest asks audience beat brother chain characters clown Comedy of Errors comic commedia dell'arte costume Courtesan critic death deny didst dine dinner directed director Doctor Pinch door doth DROMIO OF EPHESUS DROMIO OF SYRACUSE ducats duke Egeon Emilia Enter Antipholus Enter Dromio Epidamium Exeunt Exit farce fetch Folio give gold goldsmith hair hath husband identity Jonathan Bate LUCE LUCIANA ADRIANA master merry mistress Nancy Meckler officer performance Plautus play's plays on sense pray production quoth Royal Shakespeare Company running scene SECOND MERCHANT servant Shakespeare's comedies Shakespearean Comedy sister stage strange Syracusan SYRACUSE Marry tell theater thee thou art thousand marks Tim Supple tion Tragedy twins villain wife witches