Comedy of Errors Tags

Shakespeare's shortest and most farcical comedy, involving two sets of identical brothers, both separated at birth: Antipholus of Ephesus and Antipholus of Syracuse, and their respective servants Dromio of Ephesus and Dromio of Syracuse. All four turn up in the same city on the same day with predictably hilarious consequences.

A Comedy of Fervors

The Stratford Festival’s current production of Comedy of Errors is an historical one in several ways. First, the production represents the 200th Shakespeare play produced in the Festival’s 50 year...

Comedy of Errors

Period written: 1593-1594 First known performance: 1594 (Gray's Inn) Because of recent enmity, no Syracusan is allowed in Ephesus. A Syracusan merchant Egeon, searching for his wife and twin boys separated and lost at...

Comedy of Errors: Act I, Scene 1

Scene 1 A hall in Duke Solinus’s Palace. (Duke of Ephesus, Egeon, Jailer, Officers, Attendants) Enter the Duke...

Comedy of Errors: Act I, Scene 2

Scene 2 The mart. (Antipholus Erotes of Syracuse, First Merchant, Dromio of Syracuse, Dromio of Ephesus) Enter...

Comedy of Errors: Act II, Scene 1

Scene 1 The house of Antipholus of Ephesus. (Adriana, Luciana, Dromio of Ephesus) Enter Adriana, wife to Antipholus...

Comedy of Errors: Act II, Scene 2

Scene 2 A public place. (Antipholus Erotes of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse, Adriana, Luciana) Enter Antipholus Erotes...

Comedy of Errors: Act III, Scene 1

Scene 1 Before the house of Antipholus of Ephesus. (Antipholus of Ephesus, Dromio of Ephesus, Angelo, Balthazar, Luce, Adriana, Dromio of...

Comedy of Errors: Act III, Scene 2

Scene 2 Before the house of Antipholus of Ephesus. (Luciana, Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse, Angelo)

Comedy of Errors: Act IV, Scene 1

Scene 1 A public place. (Second Merchant, Angelo, Officer, Antipholus of Ephesus, Dromio of Ephesus, Dromio of Syracuse)

Comedy of Errors: Act IV, Scene 2

Scene 2 A room in the house of Antipholus of Ephesus. (Adriana, Luciana, Dromio of Syracuse) Enter Adriana and...

Comedy of Errors: Act IV, Scene 3

Scene 3 A public place. (Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of Syracuse, Courtezan) Enter Antipholus of...

Comedy of Errors: Act IV, Scene 4

Scene 4 A street. (Antipholus of Ephesus, Officer, Dromio of Ephesus, Adriana, Luciana, Courtezan, Pinch, Antipholus of Syracuse, Dromio of...

Comedy of Errors: Act V, Scene 1

Scene 1 A street before an abbey. (Second Merchant, Angelo, Antipholus of Syracuse. Dromio of Syracuse, Adriana, Luciana, Courtezan, Lady Abbess, Duke of...