| back to archives Directed by Dev Luthra May 6-8, 2010 in the Little Theatre The Comedy of Errors is one
of William Shakespeare's earliest plays, believed to have been written
between 1592 and 1594. It is his shortest and one of his most farcical
comedies, with a major part of the humour coming from slapstick and
mistaken identity, in addition to puns and wordplay. The Comedy of
Errors (along with The Tempest) is one of only two of Shakespeare's
plays to observe the classical unities. It has been adapted for opera,
stage, screen and musical theatre.
The Comedy of Errors tells
the story of two sets of identical twins that were accidentally
separated at birth. Antipholus of Syracuse and his servant, Dromio of
Syracuse, arrive in Ephesus, which turns out to be the home of their
twin brothers, Antipholus of Ephesus and his servant, Dromio of
Ephesus. When the Syracusans encounter the friends and families of
their twins, a series of wild mishaps based on mistaken identities lead
to wrongful beatings, a near-seduction, the arrest of Antipholus of
Ephesus, and accusations of infidelity, theft, madness, and demonic
possession.
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