The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare
"The Comedy of Errors" by William Shakespeare is a comedic play written in the early 16th century. It revolves around the themes of mistaken identity, family relationships, and the chaos that ensues from misunderstandings, featuring two sets of identical twins who are separated at birth. The narrative focuses particularly on Ægeon, a merchant of Syracuse, who finds himself in dire circumstances as he searches for his lost family in the city ofEphesus. The opening of the play sets the stage with a tense courtroom scene in Ephesus, where Ægeon is sentenced to death for violating the city's laws due to his Syracusian heritage. He recounts his tragic backstory involving a shipwreck that led to the separation from his wife and twin sons. Simultaneously, Antipholus of Syracuse arrives in Ephesus, unaware that his twin brother, Antipholus of Ephesus, and their similarly named servants are also in the city. As misunderstandings and mistaken identities begin to unravel, the groundwork is laid for a comedic tale filled with confusion and chaos as the characters navigate their intertwined destinies. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 |
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| Editor | Clark, William George, 1821-1878 |
| Editor | Glover, John, librarian of Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Title | The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comedy_of_Errors |
| Note | Reading ease score: 93.6 (5th grade). Very easy to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Louise Hope, Jonathan Ingram and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Comedy plays |
| Subject | Shipwreck victims -- Drama |
| Subject | Mistaken identity -- Drama |
| Subject | Brothers -- Drama |
| Subject | Greece -- Drama |
| Subject | Twins -- Drama |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 23046 |
| Release Date | Dec 30, 2007 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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